長毛

Chinese

		long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop	hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar
trad. (長毛)		長	毛
simp. (长毛)		长	毛

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chángmáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄇㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴ mou⁴, coeng⁴ mou^4-1

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chángmáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄇㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chángmáo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang²-mao²
    • Yale: cháng-máu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngmau
    • Palladius: чанмао (čanmao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coeng⁴ mou⁴, coeng⁴ mou^4-1
    • Yale: chèuhng mòuh, chèuhng mōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴ mou⁴, tsoeng⁴ mou^4-1
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴ mou⁴, cêng⁴ mou^4-1
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ mou̯²¹/, /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ mou̯²¹⁻⁵⁵/

Noun

長毛

1. long hair
2. (textile) long wool
3. (historical, derogatory) long-haired rebels (referring to Taiping rebels)

Derived terms

• 長毛賊／长毛贼 (chángmáozéi)

 

Proper noun

長毛

1. Leung Kwok-hung (Hong Kong politician)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǎngmáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤˇ ㄇㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng² mou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎngmáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˇ ㄇㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎngmáo
    • Wade–Giles: chang³-mao²
    • Yale: jǎng-máu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaangmau
    • Palladius: чжанмао (čžanmao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ mɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng² mou⁴
    • Yale: jéung mòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng² mou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng² mou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ³⁵ mou̯²¹/

Verb

長毛

1. to become moldy; to become mildewed
2. to grow hair

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 發霉 (“to become mouldy”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		發霉
Mandarin	Beijing	長醭兒, 發霉, 長毛兒
	Taiwan	發霉
	Singapore	發霉
Cantonese	Guangzhou	發毛
	Hong Kong	發毛
	Taishan	發毛
Gan	Nanchang	發霉
Hakka	Meixian	發霉, 生毛
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	發毛, 生毛
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	生菇
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	生菇
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	生菇
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	生菇
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	生菇
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	生菇
Jin	Taiyuan	發霉
Northern Min	Jian'ou	生殕
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	發殕, 發霉
Southern Min	Xiamen	臭殕, 生殕, 上殕, 生菇
	Quanzhou	臭殕, 生殕, 上殕
	Zhangzhou	臭殕, 生殕, 上殕, 生菇, 生毛
	Tainan	生菇, 上殕, 上霉
	Penang (Hokkien)	生菇
	Manila (Hokkien)	臭殕, 生殕, 上殕
	Shantou	生菇
	Jieyang	生菇
	Haifeng	生菇, 發菇
	Singapore (Teochew)	生菇
	Leizhou	生菇, 生菇毛猴
	Haikou	生菇, 發菇
Wu	Shanghai	發霉, 霉脫
	Wenzhou	霉