生草

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (生草)		生	草
simp. #(生草)		生	草

Etymology

Internet slang

Derived from 草 (cǎo), orthographic borrowing from Japanese 草生える .

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēng cǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saang¹ cou²
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹san ⁵tshau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēng cǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sheng cǎo
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹ tsʻao³
    • Yale: shēng tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheng tsao
    • Palladius: шэн цао (šɛn cao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saang¹ cou²
    • Yale: sāang chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sang¹ cou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹san ⁵tshau
    • MiniDict: san^平 tshau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹san ²tshau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sã⁴⁴  t͡sʰɔ³⁴/

Verb

生草

1. (literally) to let grass grow

   • 春，地氣通，可耕堅硬彊地黑壚土，輒平摩其塊以生草。草生，復耕之。天有小雨，復耕和之。勿令有塊，以待時。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     春，地气通，可耕坚硬强地黑垆土，辄平摩其块以生草。草生，复耕之。天有小雨，复耕和之。勿令有块，以待时。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 544 CE, Jia Sixie, Qimin Yaoshu

     Chūn, dìqì tōng, kě gēng jiānyìng jiāngdì hēi lú tǔ, zhé píngmó qí kuài yǐ shēngcǎo. Cǎo shēng, fù gēng zhī. Tiān yǒu xiǎoyǔ, fù gēng hé zhī. Wù lìng yǒu kuài, yǐ dàishí. [Pinyin]

     In the spring, when the breath of the earth comes through, hard heavy lands and black soils may be plowed first. Then harrow to level down the clods, and let the grasses grow. After the sprouting of the grasses, plow again. Then plow again after a drizzle. Always break up any clod, and wait for the proper time to sow.

2. (Internet slang) to be unexpectedly hilarious