草根
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Chinese
grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty |
radical (chem.); root; basis | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (草根) | 草 | 根 | |
| simp. #(草根) | 草 | 根 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): cou2 gan1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhó-kîn
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chháu-kun / chháu-kin
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: cǎogēn
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄍㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cǎogen
- Wade–Giles: tsʻao3-kên1
- Yale: tsǎu-gēn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaogen
- Palladius: цаогэнь (caogɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: cǎogēnr
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄍㄣㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cǎogenr
- Wade–Giles: tsʻao3-kên1-ʼrh
- Yale: tsǎu-gēnr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaogel
- Palladius: цаогэньр (caogɛnʹr)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kəɻ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cou2 gan1
- Yale: chóu gān
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsou2 gan1
- Guangdong Romanization: cou2 gen1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ kɐn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhó-kîn
- Hakka Romanization System: coˋ ginˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: co3 gin1
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo³¹ kin²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-kun
- Tâi-lô: tsháu-kun
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhaw'kwn
- IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kun⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kun³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-kin
- Tâi-lô: tsháu-kin
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhaw'kyn
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kin⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kin⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
Noun
草根
- (literally) grass root
- (figurative) grass roots (people and society at the local (most basic) level)
- (Harbin Mandarin) grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 草魚 (“grass carp”)
Adjective
草根