盲腸

See also: 盲肠

Chinese

blind intestines
trad. (盲腸)
simp. (盲肠)

Pronunciation


Noun

盲腸

  1. (anatomy) caecum
  2. (anatomy, proscribed) appendix
    盲腸盲肠   mángcháng yán   appendicitis
    盲腸盲肠   mángcháng   to undergo appendectomy
  3. (neologism, Internet slang) Deliberate misspelling of 盲點盲点 (mángdiǎn). See 突破盲腸突破盲肠.

Synonyms

  • (caecum):

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
もう
Grade: S
ちょう
Grade: 6
kan’on

Etymology

/mautyau//mɔːt͡ɕɔː//moːt͡ɕoː/

From Middle Chinese 盲腸 (MC maeng drjang, literally “blind gut”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーちょー [móꜜòchòò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mo̞ːt͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

(もう)(ちょう) • (mōchō) まうちやう (mautyau)?

  1. (medicine, anatomy) caecum
  2. (informal, slang) appendix

Usage notes

The appendix sense is common in everyday parlance, but is incorrect in medical contexts, where this term refers more specifically to the caecum. The medical term for the appendix is (ちゅう)(すい) (chūsui).[2][1]

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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