毒草

Chinese

		poison; narcotics	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (毒草)		毒	草
simp. #(毒草)		毒	草

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dúcǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ ㄘㄠˇ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thu̍k-chhó
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): to̍k-chháu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dúcǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dúcǎo
    • Wade–Giles: tu²-tsʻao³
    • Yale: dú-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwutsao
    • Palladius: дуцао (ducao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thu̍k-chhó
    • Hakka Romanization System: tug co^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tug⁶ co³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰuk̚⁵ t͡sʰo³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to̍k-chháu
    • Tâi-lô: to̍k-tsháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dogzhao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔk̚²⁴⁻² t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰau⁴¹/

Noun

毒草

1. poisonous plant
2. (politics, chiefly during the Cultural Revolution, dated) harmful speech; harmful writing

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “harmful speech or writing”): 香花 (xiānghuā)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
毒	草
どく Grade: 5	そう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 毒草 (duok̚ t͡sʰɑu^X).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) どくそー [dòkúsóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [do̞kɯ̟̊so̞ː]

Noun

毒(どく)草(そう) • (dokusō) ^{←どくさう (dokusau)?}

1. poisonous plant

Derived terms

• 蝿毒草(はえどくそう) (haedokusō, “lopseed”)