炮仔草

Chinese

		firecracker	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (炮仔草)		炮仔	草
simp. #(炮仔草)		炮仔	草

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phàu-á-chháu

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phàu-á-chháu
    • Tâi-lô: phàu-á-tsháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phawafzhao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰau²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰau¹¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰau²¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁴¹/

Noun

炮仔草

1. (Hokkien) Physalis angulata

Synonyms

• 燈籠草／灯笼草 (dēnglóngcǎo)
• (Hokkien) 水燈罩／水灯罩, 拍噗仔草, 泡泡草

References

• Syun'iti Sasaki (佐々木舜一), editor (1928), “Physalis angulata”, in 臺灣植物名彙 [List of Plants of Formosa], 臺灣博物學會, page 363