煙草

See also: 烟草

Chinese

		cigarette; tobacco; smoke	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (煙草/菸草)		煙/菸	草
simp. (烟草)		烟	草

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yāncǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin¹ cou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ian-chháu
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹i-tshau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yāncǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yancǎo
    • Wade–Giles: yen¹-tsʻao³
    • Yale: yān-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iantsao
    • Palladius: яньцао (janʹcao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin¹ cou²
    • Yale: yīn chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin¹ tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin¹ cou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ian-chháu
    • Tâi-lô: ian-tsháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ienzhao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn³³ t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰau⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹i-tshau
    • MiniDict: i^平 tshau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹i-tshau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /i⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔ²¹/

Noun

煙草

1. tobacco

   煙草製品／烟草制品  ―  yāncǎo zhìpǐn  ―  tobacco products

2. tobacco leaf
3. tobacco product

Synonyms

• (tobacco): (Hokkien, Teochew) 薰草

Dialectal synonyms of 煙葉 (“tobacco leaf”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		煙葉, 煙草
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	煙葉兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	煙葉兒, 煙葉子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	煙葉兒, 煙葉子
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	煙葉子
	Xi'an	煙葉子
	Xining	煙葉
	Xuzhou	煙葉兒, 煙葉
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	煙葉子
	Ürümqi	煙葉子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	煙葉子
	Wuhan	煙葉子
	Guiyang	煙葉
	Liuzhou	煙葉
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	煙葉
	Yangzhou	煙葉子
Cantonese	Dongguan	煙葉
Gan	Nanchang	煙葉子
	Lichuan	煙葉
	Pingxiang	煙葉
Hakka	Meixian	煙葉
	Yudu	煙葉
Huizhou	Jixi	煙葉
Jin	Taiyuan	煙葉子
	Xinzhou	煙葉子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	煙箬
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	薰箬
Southern Min	Xiamen	薰箬
	Quanzhou	薰箬
	Zhangzhou	薰箬
	Tainan	薰箬 GT
	Haikou	煙箬
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	煙葉
Wu	Suzhou	煙葉
	Danyang	煙葉
	Hangzhou	煙葉兒
	Ningbo	煙葉
	Jinhua	煙葉
Xiang	Changsha	煙葉子
	Loudi	煙葉子
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

• 煙草商／烟草商 (yāncǎoshāng)

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
煙	草
たばこ
Grade: S	Grade: 1
jukujikun

For pronunciation and definitions of 煙草 – see the following entry.

【タバコたばこ】 [noun] tobacco [noun] Short for 紙巻きタバコ (kamimaki tabako, “cigarette”). Alternative spellings 烟草, 莨, 多葉粉, 丹波粉, 淡婆姑

(This term, 煙草, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
煙	草
えん Grade: S	そう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
烟草

From Chinese 煙草／烟草 (yāncǎo).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) えんそー [èńsóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ɰ̃so̞ː]

Noun

煙(えん)草(そう) • (ensō) ^{←えんさう (ensau)?}

1. Synonym of タバコ (tabako, “tobacco”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
煙	草

Noun

煙草 • (yeoncho) (hangeul 연초)

1. Hanja form^? of 연초 (“tobacco”).