除草
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Chinese
remove; do away with; wipe out remove; do away with; wipe out; divide; except |
grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (除草) | 除 | 草 | |
| simp. #(除草) | 除 | 草 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˊ ㄘㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chúcǎo
- Wade–Giles: chʻu2-tsʻao3
- Yale: chú-tsǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwutsao
- Palladius: чуцао (čucao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- Homophones:
鋤草／锄草
除草
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ceoi4 cou2
- Yale: chèuih chóu
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey4 tsou2
- Guangdong Romanization: cêu4 cou2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɵy̯²¹ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tî-chháu / tû-chháu
- Tâi-lô: tî-tsháu / tû-tsháu
- Phofsit Daibuun: dizhao, duzhao
- IPA (Xiamen): /ti²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/, /tu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ti²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/, /tu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti¹³⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/, /tu¹³⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /ti²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰau⁵³/, /tu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰau⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti²³⁻³³ t͡sʰau⁴¹/, /tu²³⁻³³ t͡sʰau⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
Verb
除草
Synonyms
Derived terms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 除 | 草 |
| じょ Grade: 6 |
そう Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi | |
Pronunciation
Noun
- weeding (removal of weeds)
Verb
除草する • (josō suru) ←ぢよさう (dyosau)?suru (stem 除草し (josō shi), past 除草した (josō shita))
- to weed (to remove weeds from)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "除草する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 除草し | じょそうし | josō shi | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 除草し | じょそうし | josō shi | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 除草する | じょそうする | josō suru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 除草する | じょそうする | josō suru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 除草すれ | じょそうすれ | josō sure | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 除草せよ¹ 除草しろ² |
じょそうせよ¹ じょそうしろ² |
josō seyo¹ josō shiro² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 除草される | じょそうされる | josō sareru | |
| Causative | 除草させる 除草さす |
じょそうさせる じょそうさす |
josō saseru josō sasu | |
| Potential | 除草できる | じょそうできる | josō dekiru | |
| Volitional | 除草しよう | じょそうしよう | josō shiyō | |
| Negative | 除草しない | じょそうしない | josō shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 除草せず | じょそうせず | josō sezu | |
| Formal | 除草します | じょそうします | josō shimasu | |
| Perfective | 除草した | じょそうした | josō shita | |
| Conjunctive | 除草して | じょそうして | josō shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 除草すれば | じょそうすれば | josō sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
See also
- 除草剤 (josōzai)