野草

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Chinese

		field; plain; open space field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; wild	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (野草)		野	草
simp. ^#(野草)		野	草
anagram		草野

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yěcǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˇ ㄘㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁵ cou²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iá-chháu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yěcǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˇ ㄘㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yěcǎo
  - Wade–Giles: yeh³-tsʻao³
  - Yale: yě-tsǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeetsao
  - Palladius: ецао (jecao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: je⁵ cou²
  - Yale: yéh chóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: je⁵ tsou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yé⁵ cou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː¹³ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iá-chháu
  - Tâi-lô: iá-tsháu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iafzhao
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ia⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

野草

weed (unwanted plant)

Synonyms

荒草 (huāngcǎo)
蒿草 (hāocǎo) (literary)
雜草／杂草 (zácǎo)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
野	草
や Grade: 2	そう Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) やそー (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

野(や)草(そう) • (yasō) ^{←やさう (yasau)^?}

wild grass

See also

野(や)菜(さい) (yasai)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
野	草
の Grade: 2	くさ > ぐさ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Noun

野(の)草(ぐさ) or 野草(ノグサ) • (nogusa)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

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