萱草
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Chinese
| lemon daylily (Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus) | grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (萱草) | 萱 | 草 | |
| simp. #(萱草) | 萱 | 草 | |
| alternative forms | 諼草／谖草 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hyun1 cou2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soan-chháu
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢ ㄘㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: syuancǎo
- Wade–Giles: hsüan1-tsʻao3
- Yale: sywān-tsǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuantsao
- Palladius: сюаньцао (sjuanʹcao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hyun1 cou2
- Yale: hyūn chóu
- Cantonese Pinyin: hyn1 tsou2
- Guangdong Romanization: hün1 cou2
- Sinological IPA (key): /hyːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soan-chháu
- Tâi-lô: suan-tsháu
- Phofsit Daibuun: soanzhao
- IPA (Xiamen): /suan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /suan³³ t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /suan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰau⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰau⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
萱草
Synonyms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 萱 | 草 |
| かん Jinmeiyō |
そう > ぞう Grade: 1 |
| jukujikun | |
Noun
萱草 or 萱草 • (kanzō) ←くゎんざう (kwanzau)?
- day-lily, specifically the orange day-lily, Hemerocallis fulva
Varieties
Derived terms
- 萱草色 (kanzōiro)