水草

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Chinese

water; river
grass; straw; draft (of a document)
grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
 
trad. (水草)
simp. #(水草)

Pronunciation


Noun

水草

  1. (literally) water and grass
  2. aquatic plants
  3. (Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial) drinking straw (Classifier: m)
    水草  ―  Wǒ yào yī gēn shuǐcǎo.  ―  I'd like a straw.

Synonyms

  • (drinking straw):

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
すい
Grade: 1
そう
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(すい)(そう) (suisō

  1. aquatic plants

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
みず
Grade: 1
くさ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(みず)(くさ) (mizukusa

  1. aquatic plants

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN