毒草

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Chinese

		poison; narcotics	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (毒草)		毒	草
simp. ^#(毒草)		毒	草

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dúcǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ ㄘㄠˇ
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thu̍k-chhó
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): to̍k-chháu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dúcǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄘㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dúcǎo
  - Wade–Giles: tu²-tsʻao³
  - Yale: dú-tsǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwutsao
  - Palladius: дуцао (ducao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thu̍k-chhó
  - Hakka Romanization System: tug co^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tug⁶ co³
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰuk̚⁵ t͡sʰo³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to̍k-chháu
  - Tâi-lô: to̍k-tsháu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dogzhao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰau⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔk̚²⁴⁻² t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sʰau⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰau⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰau⁴¹/

Noun

毒草

poisonous plant
(politics, chiefly during the Cultural Revolution, dated) harmful speech; harmful writing

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “harmful speech or writing”): 香花 (xiānghuā)

Japanese

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毒草

Kanji in this term
毒	草
どく Grade: 5	そう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 毒草 (duok̚ t͡sʰɑu^X).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) どくそー (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

毒(どく)草(そう) • (dokusō) ^{←どくさう (dokusau)^?}

poisonous plant

Derived terms

蝿毒草(はえどくそう) (haedokusō, “lopseed”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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