蘑菇云 (mó gū yún) — mushroom cloud | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

mushroom cloud

Measure word · 朵

，蘑菇云。
Yuán zǐ dàn bào zhà hòu, tiān kōng zhōng shēng qǐ le yì duǒ jù dà de mó gū yún.
After the atomic bomb exploded, a huge mushroom cloud rose in the sky.
蘑菇云。
Hé shì yàn chǎn shēng de mó gū yún huì shì fàng dà liàng fàng shè xìng wù zhì.
The mushroom cloud produced by nuclear tests releases large amounts of radioactive material.
蘑菇云。
Diàn yǐng lǐ nà ge mó gū yún de huà miàn ràng rén yìn xiàng shēn kè.
The image of that mushroom cloud in the movie left a deep impression.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

蘑菇

蘑mómushroom菇gūmushroom

联合Side by side

蘑菇 means mushroom and 云 means cloud, so the word names a mushroom-shaped cloud.

Characters in this word

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

Same sound today

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

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 雲; 云 is its simplified writing.

雨云雲

The traditional form 雲 is 雨 (rain) plus 云; 云 was the original writing for 'cloud', and 雨 was added to separate it from the borrowed sense 'to say'.