艾草

Chinese

		Artemisia vulgaris; Chinese mugwort	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (艾草)		艾	草
simp. #(艾草)		艾	草

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): àicǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˋ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaai⁶ cou²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngie-chhó
• Eastern Min (BUC): ngié-*cáu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiāⁿ-chháu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: àicǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˋ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: àicǎo
    • Wade–Giles: ai⁴-tsʻao³
    • Yale: ài-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aytsao
    • Palladius: айцао (ajcao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaai⁶ cou²
    • Yale: ngaaih chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaai⁶ tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngai⁶ cou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːi̯²² t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngie-chhó
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngie co^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngie⁴ co³
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯e⁵⁵ t͡sʰo³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ngié-*cáu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋie²¹³⁻⁵³ t͡sɑu²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiāⁿ-chháu
    • Tâi-lô: hiānn-tsháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hviaxzhao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiã²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiã⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiã²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiã³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiã³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰau⁴¹/

Noun

艾草

1. Chinese mugwort

Synonyms

• 艾蒿 (àihāo)
• 艾葉／艾叶 (àiyè)

Dialectal synonyms of 艾草 (“Chinese mugwort”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		艾草, 艾蒿, 艾
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	艾
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	艾
	Xi'an	艾
	Xining	艾
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	艾
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	艾
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	艾
Gan	Nanchang	艾葉
	Lichuan	艾
Hakka	Meixian	艾
	Yudu	艾
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	艾仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	艾仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	艾仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	艾
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	艾
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	艾, 艾心
Huizhou	Jixi	艾草
Jin	Taiyuan	艾蒿
Northern Min	Jian'ou	艾仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	艾草, 艾
Southern Min	Quanzhou	蠓仔艾
	Leizhou	艾囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	艾
Wu	Shanghai	艾蓬, 艾
	Suzhou	艾
	Ningbo	艾
	Jinhua	艾
Xiang	Changsha	艾葉子
	Loudi	艾蒿