翻草

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Chinese

flit about; translate; turn over
grass; straw; draft (of a document)
grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
 
trad. (翻草) 翻 草
simp. #(翻草) 翻 草

Pronunciation

Verb

翻草

  1. (Cantonese, Southern Min, Zhao'an Hakka) to ruminate; to chew the cud

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 反芻 (“to ruminate; to chew the cud”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 反芻, 倒嚼, 倒噍
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 反芻, 倒嚼
Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 倒噍
Xi'an 倒磨
Xining 倒磨
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 倒磨
Southwestern Mandarin Wuhan 回嚼
Liuzhou 反草
Cantonese Guangzhou 翻草
Hakka Meixian 倒胲
Huidong (Daling) 倒草
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 翻肚
Changting 倒草
Wuping 倒草
Wuping (Pingyu) 倒草
Liancheng 倒草
Ruijin 倒草
Shicheng 倒草
Shangyou (Shexi) 倒草
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 倒草
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 倒草
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 倒草
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 倒草
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 倒草
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 翻草
Huizhou Jixi 倒草
Jin Xinzhou 倒嚼
Southern Min Xiamen 翻草, 倒噍
Zhangzhou 倒噍
Tainan 翻草
Wu Jinhua 轉嚼

References

  • Duffus, William (1883) “ruminate”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 231
  • 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “翻草”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
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