# 盲腸
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): mángcháng
       (Zhuyin): ㄇㄤˊ ㄔㄤˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): mang$^2$ cang$^2$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): maang$^4$ coeng$^{4-2}$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mô-chhòng / mòng-chhòng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bông-tn̂g / mô͘-tn̂g / mō͘-tn̂g / bōng-tn̂g
    (Teochew, Peng'im): mêng$^5$ deng$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$maon-zan
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mángcháng
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄤˊ ㄔㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mángcháng
*** Wade–Giles: mang$^2$-chʻang$^2$
*** Yale: máng-cháng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mangcharng
*** Palladius: манчан (mančan)
*** Sinological IPA : /mɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mángchángr
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄤˊ ㄔㄤˊㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mángchángr
*** Wade–Giles: mang$^2$-chʻang$^2$-ʼrh
*** Yale: máng-chángr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mangcharngl
*** Palladius: манчанр (mančanr)
*** Sinological IPA : /mɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑ̃ɻ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: mang$^2$ cang$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mangcang
*** Sinological IPA : /maŋ²¹ t͡sʰaŋ²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: maang$^4$ coeng$^{4-2}$
*** Yale: màahng chéung
*** Cantonese Pinyin: maang$^4$ tsoeng$^{4-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mang$^4$ cêng$^{4-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /maːŋ²¹ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mô-chhòng / mòng-chhòng
*** Hakka Romanization System: mo$^ˊ$ cong$^ˇ$ / mong$^ˇ$ cong$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: mo$^1$ cong$^2$ / mong$^2$ cong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /mo²⁴ t͡sʰoŋ¹¹/, /moŋ¹¹ t͡sʰoŋ¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bông-tn̂g
*** Tâi-lô: bông-tn̂g
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bongd'ngg
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔŋ¹³⁻²² tŋ̍¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /bɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tŋ̍²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔŋ²³⁻³³ tŋ̍²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /bɔŋ²⁴⁻²² tŋ̍²⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-tn̂g
*** Tâi-lô: môo-tn̂g
*** Phofsit Daibuun: mo'dngg
*** IPA (Taipei): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ tŋ̍²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃²³⁻³³ tŋ̍²³/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mō͘-tn̂g
*** Tâi-lô: mōo-tn̂g
*** Phofsit Daibuun: moxd'ngg
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃³³⁻²¹ tŋ̍²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /mɔ̃³³⁻¹¹ tŋ̍²⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōng-tn̂g
*** Tâi-lô: bōng-tn̂g
*** Phofsit Daibuun: boxngd'ngg
*** IPA (Taipei): /bɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tŋ̍²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tŋ̍²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: mêng$^5$ deng$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mêng tṳ̂ng
*** Sinological IPA : /meŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tɯŋ⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$maon-zan
*** MiniDict: maon$^去$ zan
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$maan-zan
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mɑ̃²² zã⁴⁴/

### Noun

盲腸
* (anatomy) caecum
* (anatomy, proscribed) appendix
    盲腸炎／盲肠炎 ― mángcháng yán ― appendicitis
    割盲腸／割盲肠 ― gē mángcháng ― to undergo appendectomy
* (neologism, Internet slang) Deliberate misspelling of 盲點／盲点 (mángdiǎn). See 突破盲腸／突破盲肠.

#### Synonyms

* (caecum):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 盲腸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 盲腸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 盲腸兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 盲腸 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 盲腸 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 盲腸兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 盲腸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 盲腸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 盲腸 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 盲腸 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 盲腸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 盲腸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 盲腸 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 盲腸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 盲腸 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 盲腸 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 盲腸 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 盲腸, 闌尾 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 盲腸 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 盲腸 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 盲腸 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 盲腸 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 生腸 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 盲腸 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 盲腸 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 盲腸 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 盲腸 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 盲腸 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 盲腸 |
| Wu | Danyang | 盲腸 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 盲腸 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 盲腸 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 盲腸 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 盲腸 |
* (appendix): 爛尾／烂尾 (lànwěi)

#### Derived terms

* 盲腸炎／盲肠炎 (mángchángyán)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 盲 | 腸 |
| もう Grade: S | ちょう Grade: 6 |
| kan'on ||

### Etymology

/mautyau/ → /mɔːt͡ɕɔː/ → /moːt͡ɕoː/
From Middle Chinese 盲腸 (MC maeng drjang, literally “blind gut”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) もーちょー [móꜜòchòò] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [mo̞ːt͡ɕo̞ː]

### Noun

盲(もう)腸(ちょう) • (mōchō)
* (medicine, anatomy) caecum
* (informal, slang) appendix

#### Usage notes

The appendix sense is common in everyday parlance, but is incorrect in medical contexts, where this term refers more specifically to the caecum. The medical term for the appendix is 虫(ちゅう)垂(すい) (chūsui).

#### Synonyms

* 虫(ちゅう)垂(すい) (chūsui, “appendix”)

#### Derived terms

* 盲(もう)腸(ちょう)炎(えん) (mōchōen, “appendicitis”)
* 盲(もう)腸(ちょう)線(せん) (mōchōsen, “a dead-end branch line”)

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
   * 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.