# 孟宗竹
## Chinese
### Etymology

Named after 孟宗 (Mèng Zōng), one of the twenty-four filial exemplars.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mèngzōngzhú
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˋ ㄗㄨㄥ ㄓㄨˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): maang$^6$ zung$^1$ zuk$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bēng-chong-tek
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mèngzōngzhú
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˋ ㄗㄨㄥ ㄓㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mèngzongjhú
*** Wade–Giles: mêng$^4$-tsung$^1$-chu$^2$
*** Yale: mèng-dzūng-jú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: menqtzongjwu
*** Palladius: мэнцзунчжу (mɛnczunčžu)
*** Sinological IPA : /mɤŋ⁵¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: maang$^6$ zung$^1$ zuk$^1$
*** Yale: maahng jūng jūk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: maang$^6$ dzung$^1$ dzuk$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mang$^6$ zung$^1$ zug$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /maːŋ²² t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bēng-chong-tek
*** Tâi-lô: bīng-tsong-tik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bexngzongdeg
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ³³⁻²¹ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪk̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪk̚³²/

### Noun

孟宗竹
* moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 毛竹, 南竹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 毛竹, 孟宗竹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 南竹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 毛竹, 南竹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 毛竹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 南竹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 毛竹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 茅竹 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 大頭竹 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 毛竹 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 毛竹 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 毛竹 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 茅竹 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 苗狸竹, 苗竹 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 孟宗竹, 苗竹 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 苗狸竹 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 苗狸竹 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 苗狸竹 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 苗眉竹, 苗竹 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 苗兒竹, 埋兒竹, 苗竹 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 苗眉竹, 苗竹 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 苗兒竹, 苗竹 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 毛竹 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 麻竹 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 麻竹 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 毛竹 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 貓兒竹, 貓兒 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 貓兒竹 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 貓兒 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 麻兒 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 貓兒竹仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 貓兒竹 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 麻竹 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 南竹, 毛竹 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 毛竹 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 毛竹 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 毛竹 |
| Wu | Danyang | 毛竹 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 毛竹 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 毛竹 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 茅竹 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 毛竹, 毛竹兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 南竹, 南竹子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 南竹 |

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 孟 | 宗 | 竹 |
| もう Jinmeiyō | そう Grade: 6 | ちく Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi |||

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mo̞ːso̞ːt͡ɕikɯ̟]

### Noun

孟(もう)宗(そう)竹(ちく) or 孟宗竹(モウソウチク) • (mōsōchiku)
* moso bamboo, Phyllostachys pubescens

#### Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).