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See also: 浅草
Chinese
| shallow; sound of moving water | grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty | ||
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| trad. (淺草) | 淺 | 草 | |
| simp. (浅草) | 浅 | 草 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎncǎo
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄘㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎncǎo
- Wade–Giles: chʻien3-tsʻao3
- Yale: chyǎn-tsǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheantsao
- Palladius: цяньцао (cjanʹcao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cin2 cou2
- Yale: chín chóu
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsin2 tsou2
- Guangdong Romanization: qin2 cou2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰiːn³⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Etymology 1
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 浅草 (asakusa).
Proper noun
淺草
Etymology 2
Noun
淺草
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
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| 淺 | 草 |
| あさ Hyōgai |
くさ Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 淺草 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 淺草, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) |