燉冬菇

Chinese

	stew	shiitake mushroom; Chinese black mushroom
trad. (燉冬菇/炖冬菇)	燉/炖	冬菇
simp. (炖冬菇)	炖	冬菇
variant forms	燉冬菰／炖冬菰
Literally: “to stew shiitake mushrooms”.

Etymology

From slang used by Hong Kong police. In the early days, when plainclothes police officers were demoted, they had to wear the uniform, which included a mushroom-shaped hat. 燉／炖 (dan⁶, “to stew”) is a pun on 褪 (tan³, “to go backwards”).

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): dan⁶ dung¹ gu¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dan⁶ dung¹ gu¹
  - Yale: dahn dūng gū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dan⁶ dung¹ gu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: den⁶ dung¹ gu¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tɐn²² tʊŋ⁵⁵ kuː⁵⁵/

Verb

燉冬菇

(Cantonese) to demote

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