草莽

Chinese

		grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty	Illicium anisatum; rude
trad. (草莽)		草	莽
simp. #(草莽)		草	莽
anagram		莽草

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎomǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄇㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² mong⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎomǎng [Phonetic: cáomǎng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄇㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎomǎng
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-mang³
    • Yale: tsǎu-mǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaomaang
    • Palladius: цаоман (caoman)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou² mong⁵
    • Yale: chóu móhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² mong⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou² mong⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ mɔːŋ¹³/

Noun

草莽

1. (literary) thick growth of grass; underbrush; undergrowth
2. (figurative, obsolete) among the common people

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
草	莽
そう Grade: 1	もう Hyōgai

/saumau/ > /soːmoː/.

Noun

草(そう)莽(もう) • (sōmō) ^{←さうまう (saumau)?}

1. a place overgrown with grass
2. one who is not associated with the government; a civilian, commoner

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
草	莽
そう Grade: 1	ぼう Hyōgai

/saubau/ > /soːboː/.

Noun

草(そう)莽(ぼう) • (sōbō) ^{←さうばう (saubau)?}

1. a place overgrown with grass
2. one who is not associated with the government; a civilian, commoner