稻草人

Chinese

		rice straw	man; person; people
trad. (稻草人)		稻草	人
simp. #(稻草人)		稻草	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàocǎorén

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄘㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶ cou² jan⁴ / dou⁶ cou² jan^4-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiū-chháu-lâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàocǎorén
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄘㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàocǎorén
    • Wade–Giles: tao⁴-tsʻao³-jên²
    • Yale: dàu-tsǎu-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawtsaoren
    • Palladius: даоцаожэнь (daocaožɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou⁶ cou² jan⁴ / dou⁶ cou² jan^4-2
    • Yale: douh chóu yàhn / douh chóu yán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ tsou² jan⁴ / dou⁶ tsou² jan^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou⁶ cou² yen⁴ / dou⁶ cou² yen^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² t͡sʰou̯³⁵ jɐn²¹/, /tou̯²² t͡sʰou̯³⁵ jɐn²¹⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiū-chháu-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: tiū-tsháu-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diuxzhawlaang
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiu³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiu³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²³/

Noun

稻草人

1. scarecrow (Classifier: 個／个 m)

   • 那通失去希望，每日醉茫茫，無魂有體親像稻草人？ [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     那通失去希望，每日醉茫茫，无魂有体亲像稻草人？ [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1988, 葉啟田, 愛拚才會贏

     Ná thang sit-khì hi-bāng, múi-li̍t chùi-bâng-bâng, bô-hûn-ū-thé chhin-chhiūⁿ tiū-chháu-lâng? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     How can you lose hope, get drunk every day, and have a body without a soul just like a scarecrow?

2. straw man (insubstantial or weakly supported concept, idea, endeavor or argument)

   稻草人謬誤／稻草人谬误  ―  dàocǎorén miùwù  ―  straw man fallacy

Synonyms

• (scarecrow): 草人 (cǎorén)

Derived terms

• 打稻草人 (dǎ dàocǎorén)