松茸

Chinese

		pine	confused; fluffy; luxuriant growth
trad. (松茸)		松	茸
simp. ^#(松茸)		松	茸

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sōngróng

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄥㄖㄨㄥˊ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siông-liông / siông-jiông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sōngróng
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄥㄖㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: songróng
  - Wade–Giles: sung¹-jung²
  - Yale: sūng-rúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: songrong
  - Palladius: сунжун (sunžun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ⁵⁵ ʐʊŋ³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siông-liông
  - Tâi-lô: siông-liông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sionglioong
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ liɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siông-jiông
  - Tâi-lô: siông-jiông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siongjioong
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ²³⁻³³ ziɔŋ²³/

Noun

松茸

matsutake mushroom

Synonyms

松菌 (sōngjūn)
松蕈 (sōngxùn)

Compounds

姬松茸 (jīsōngróng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
松	茸
まつ Grade: 4	たけ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 松(まつ) (matsu, “pine”) + 茸(たけ) (take, “mushroom”), as it grows under trees (particularly, but not exclusively, pine trees).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) まつたけ [màtsútáké] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) まつたけ [màtsútáꜜkè] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ma̠t͡sɨta̠ke̞]

Noun

松(まつ)茸(たけ) or 松茸(マツタケ) • (matsutake)

matsutake, Tricholoma matsutake

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

馬鹿松茸(バカマツタケ) (baka matsutake)
姫松茸(ヒメマツタケ) (hime matsutake)

Descendants

English: matsutake, himematsutake

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN