力草

Chinese

		power; force; strength	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (力草)		力	草
simp. #(力草)		力	草

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): lih⁷ cao³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): la̍t-chháu

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: lih⁷ cao³ [Phonetic: lih⁶ cao³]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: li̍h-châu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liʔ⁴⁻¹ t͡sʰau⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: lih⁷ cao³ [Phonetic: lih⁶ cao³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liʔ²⁴⁻² t͡sʰau³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍t-chháu
    • Tâi-lô: la̍t-tsháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ladzhao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lat̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lat̚²⁴⁻² t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lat̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lat̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰau⁴¹/

Noun

力草

1. (Hokkien, Puxian Min) strength

Synonyms

• 力量 (lìliàng)
• 氣力／气力 (qìlì)
• (Hokkien) 力頭／力头

References

• “力草”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “力草”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “力草”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 360.