# 蘑菇
## Chinese
### Etymology 1

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “According to WOLD, borrowed from Mongolian мөөг (möög), rather than the other way around.”

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): mógu, mógū
       (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ˙ㄍㄨ, ㄇㄛˊ ㄍㄨ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): mo$^2$ gu$^1$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): mógǔ
    (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): mógù
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): могў (mogw, I-II)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): mo$^4$ gu$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): mo$^3$ gu$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): me$^1$ gu$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): mō̤-ǔ
* Eastern Min (BUC): mò̤-gŭ
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): mor$^2$ gou$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): mô͘-ko͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): mo$^5$ gou$^1$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): mo$^6$ gu$^1$
* Wu (Wugniu)
** (Northern): $^6$mu-ku / $^6$mo-ku$_1$ / $^2$mo-kou / $^2$mo-ku / $^2$mou-ku
** (Jinhua): $^2$mo-ku$_1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mógu
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ˙ㄍㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mógů
*** Wade–Giles: mo$^2$-ku$^5$
*** Yale: mwó-gu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mo.gu
*** Palladius: могу (mogu)
*** Sinological IPA : /mu̯ɔ³⁵ g̊u³/
** (Standard Chinese, variant)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mógū
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄍㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mógu
*** Wade–Giles: mo$^2$-ku$^1$
*** Yale: mwó-gū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mogu
*** Palladius: могу (mogu)
*** Sinological IPA : /mu̯ɔ³⁵ ku⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: mo$^2$ gu$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mogu
*** Sinological IPA : /mo²¹ ku⁵⁵/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: mógǔ
*** Sinological IPA : /mo²⁴ ku²¹/
** (Nanjing)
*** Nanjing Pinyin: mógù
*** Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): mo$^2$ gu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /mo²⁴ ku³¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: могў (mogw, I-II)
*** Sinological IPA : /mɔ²⁴ ku⁵¹/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mo$^4$ gu$^1$
*** Yale: mòh gū
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mo$^4$ gu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mo$^4$ gu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɔː²¹ kuː⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: mo$^3$ gu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵐbᵘɔ²² ku³³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: me$^1$ gu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /mɤ¹¹ ku¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mō̤-ǔ
*** Sinological IPA : /mɔ⁵⁵ u²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: mò̤-gŭ
*** Sinological IPA : /mo⁵³⁻⁵⁵ $^{(k-)}$u⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: mor$^2$ gou$^1$ [Phonetic: mor$^5$ ou$^1$]
*** Sinological IPA : /mɒ¹³⁻²¹ $^{(k-)}$ɔu⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-ko͘
*** Tâi-lô: môo-koo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: mo'kof
*** IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² kɔ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² kɔ³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³⁻²² kɔ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ kɔ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃²³⁻³³ kɔ⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: mo$^5$ gou$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mô kou
*** Sinological IPA : /mo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kou³³/
* Southern Pinghua
** (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
*** Jyutping++: mo$^6$ gu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /mo²² ku⁵³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$mu-ku
*** MiniDict: mu$^去$ ku
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$mu-ku
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mu²² ku⁴⁴/
** (Northern: Chongming)
*** Wugniu: $^6$mo-ku$_1$
*** MiniDict: mo$^去$ ku$^平$
*** Sinological IPA (Chongming): /ɦmo³¹ ku⁵⁵/
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^2$mo-kou
*** MiniDict: mo$^平$ kou
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /mo²² kəu³³/
** (Northern: Hangzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^2$mo-ku
*** MiniDict: mo$^平$ ku
*** Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /mo²² ku³⁴/
** (Northern: Ningbo)
*** Wugniu: $^2$mou-ku
*** MiniDict: mou$^平$ ku
*** Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /məu²² ku⁵¹/
** (Jinhua)
*** Wugniu: $^2$mo-ku$_1$
*** Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /mo³¹ ku⁵⁵/

#### Noun

蘑菇
* mushroom

##### Synonyms

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##### Derived terms

* 冰蘑菇
* 洋蘑菇 (yángmógu)
* 蘑菇雞片 / 蘑菇鸡片 (mógu jīpiàn)
* 蘑菇雲 / 蘑菇云
* 迷幻蘑菇 (míhuàn mógu)
* 雙孢蘑菇 / 双孢蘑菇 (shuāngbāo mógu)
* 風蘑菇 / 风蘑菇

##### Descendants

* → Manchu: ᠮᡝᡤᡠ (megu)
* → Mongolian: ᠮᠥᠭᠦ (mögü) / мөөг (möög)
* → Uyghur: موگۇ (mogu)

#### See also

* 菌類／菌类 (jūnlèi)

### Etymology 2

Composed of 磨 (mó, “to dawdle; to pester”) + 咕 (gu), a suffix for verbs (Zhou, 2002).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mógu, mógū, móguo
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ˙ㄍㄨ, ㄇㄛˊ ㄍㄨ, ㄇㄛˊ ˙ㄍㄨㄛ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mógu
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ˙ㄍㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mógů
*** Wade–Giles: mo$^2$-ku$^5$
*** Yale: mwó-gu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mo.gu
*** Palladius: могу (mogu)
*** Sinological IPA : /mu̯ɔ³⁵ g̊u³/
** (Standard Chinese, variant)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mógū
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄍㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mógu
*** Wade–Giles: mo$^2$-ku$^1$
*** Yale: mwó-gū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mogu
*** Palladius: могу (mogu)
*** Sinological IPA : /mu̯ɔ³⁵ ku⁵⁵/
** (Beijing dialect, variant)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: móguo
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ˙ㄍㄨㄛ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: móguo̊
*** Wade–Giles: mo$^2$-kuo$^5$
*** Yale: mwó-gwo
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mo.guo
*** Palladius: мого (mogo)
*** Sinological IPA : /mu̯ɔ³⁵ g̊u̯ɔ³/

#### Verb

蘑菇
* (colloquial) to dawdle; to dillydally
** 1998, 瓊瑤, 還珠格格, episode 14, 戴春荣 (actor):
       Róng Mōmo, zhèr jiāo gěi nǐ le, wǒ méiyǒu shíjiān gēn tā zài zhèr mógu! [Pinyin]
       Rong Momo, I'll leave this place to you. I have no time to dawdle with her here!
* (colloquial) to pester; to plague

##### Derived terms

* 泡蘑菇 (pào mógu)
* 蘑菇戰術 / 蘑菇战术
* 蘑菇碴兒 / 蘑菇碴儿

### Etymology 3

Alteration of 無辜 (mou4 gu1, “innocent; guiltless”).

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): mo$^4$ gu$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mo$^4$ gu$^1$
*** Yale: mòh gū
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mo$^4$ gu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mo$^4$ gu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɔː²¹ kuː⁵⁵/

#### Adjective

蘑菇
* (Cantonese, humorous) innocent; guiltless

### References

* ↑ https://wold.clld.org/word/77161647503368150