蘑菇

• Pinyin: mó gu
• Desglose de hanzi: 蘑 = 艹 (grass/plant radical) + 磨 (grind, smooth); 菇 = 艹 (plant radical) + 姑 (phonetic)

Significado

Seta; hongo.

In standard usage, 蘑菇 refers to edible mushrooms or fungi in general. Colloquially in northern dialects, 蘑菇 can also mean 'to dawdle' or 'to pester someone.' 蘑菇云 (mushroom cloud) is a well-known compound referring to a nuclear explosion's distinctive cloud shape.

Ejemplos

1. 她在市场上买了一袋新鲜蘑菇，准备晚上煮一锅浓郁的菌菇汤。
2. 这道菌菇汤选用了多种山野蘑菇，香气浓郁，滋味鲜美，营养十分丰富。
3. 核爆炸产生的蘑菇云是人类有史以来最具破坏力的视觉画面之一。

Guía de uso

Contexto: food, cooking, nature, everyday

Tono: neutral, everyday

Correcto

• 黑木耳和香菇都是常见的食用蘑菇，在中餐烹饪中用途十分广泛。(Black fungus and shiitake are common edible mushrooms with a wide range of culinary uses in Chinese cooking.)
• 春雨过后山上的蘑菇长得特别旺盛，当地村民会成群结队地上山采摘。(After spring rains, mushrooms grow abundantly on the hillside, and local villagers go up in groups to pick them.)

Incorrecto

• 把所有食用菌笼统地称为'蘑菇'而不加区分 (蘑菇 is acceptable as a general term in everyday speech, but in precise culinary or botanical contexts, specific names such as 香菇, 平菇, 杏鲍菇 should be used)

Origen e historia

蘑 = 艹 (plant radical) + 磨 (grind, smooth) — possibly referencing the smooth rounded cap; 菇 = 艹 (plant radical) + 姑 (phonetic component). The compound is a phonetic-semantic combination for this type of fungus.

Contexto cultural

Generación: All ages

Contexto social: Universal