芝草

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Chinese

		Zoysia pungens	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (芝草)		芝	草
simp. ^#(芝草)		芝	草

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhīcǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄘㄠˇ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chi-chhó

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhīcǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄘㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhihcǎo
  - Wade–Giles: chih¹-tsʻao³
  - Yale: jr̄-tsǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jytsao
  - Palladius: чжицао (čžicao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi-chhó
  - Tâi-lô: tsi-tshó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cizhoir
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰo⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si³³ t͡sʰo⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰo⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰo⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰɤ⁴¹/

Noun

芝草

Synonym of 靈芝／灵芝 (língzhī, “lingzhi”)

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
芝	草
しば Grade: S	くさ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

芝(しば) (shiba) + 草(くさ) (kusa)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しばくさ (Heiban – ) (noun)
(Tokyo) しばくさ (Nakadaka – ) (surname)
IPA^(key):

Noun

芝(しば)草(くさ) • (shibakusa) ^{←しばくさ (sibakusa)^?}

Synonym of 芝 (shiba, “grass”)
- 1918, 室生犀星, “秋思”, in 抒情小曲集秋思‎, 青空文庫:
  
  わがこのごろのうれひは
  ふるさとの公園(こうゑん)のくれがたを歩(あゆ)む
  芝草(しばくさ)はあつきびろうど
  いろふかぶかと空(そら)もまがへり
  waga konogoro no urei wa
  furusato no kōen no kuregata o ayumu
  shibakusa wa atsuki birōdo
  iro fukabuka to sora mo magaeri
  (please add an English translation of this example)

Proper noun

芝(しば)草(くさ) • (Shibakusa) ^{←しばくさ (Sibakusa)^?}

a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
芝	草
し Grade: S	そう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しそー (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

芝(し)草(そう) • (shisō) ^{←しさう (sisau)^?}

Synonym of 芝 (shiba, “grass”)
Synonym of 万年茸 (mannentake, “reishi”)

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