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蘑菇 (mó gu) — mushroom

Definition

At HSK 7 the focus is the noun 'mushroom'. The verb sense 'to pester / dawdle' is colloquial, overlapping with 磨 (to nag, wear someone down) and 缠 (to pester persistently).

noun
mushroom
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 蘑菇。
    Wǒ mǎi le yì jīn mó gu.
    I bought a jin of mushrooms.
  • 蘑菇。
    Zhè zhǒng mó gu kě yǐ chǎo cài.
    This kind of mushroom can be stir-fried.
  • 蘑菇。
    Sēn lín lǐ yǒu hěn duō mó gu.
    There are many mushrooms in the forest.

Origin

Single-morpheme word
构词法gòucífǎ
联绵liánmiánBound pair

Two characters that only ever appear together, spelling one ancient two-syllable word.

蘑mó
菇gū

蘑 and 菇 carry no separate meaning here; together they name a mushroom.

Sound-only characters

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
艸艸cǎo
Sound part声符shēngfú
姑
姑gū菇gū
Same sound today

菇 pairs 艸, a plant sign, with 姑, a component read gū.

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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Food (General)

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