草蜢

Chinese

	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (草蜢)	草	蜢
simp. ^#(草蜢)	草	蜢
alternative forms	草⿰虫芉草蛨草蟒草螟

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cǎoměng

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄇㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² maang^5-2
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhó-máng / chhó-mak / chhó-màng

(Meixian, Guangdong): cau³ mang³
Eastern Min (BUC): chāng-māng / chāu-māng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chháu-meh / chháu-muih / chháu-meeh / chháu-neh / chháu-nih / chháu-mih / chháu-mé

(Teochew, Peng'im): cao² mên²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cǎoměng [Phonetic: cáoměng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄇㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǎoměng
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-mêng³
  - Yale: tsǎu-měng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaomeeng
  - Palladius: цаомэн (caomɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cou² maang^5-2
  - Yale: chóu máang
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² maang^5-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: cou² mang^5-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ maːŋ¹³⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhó-máng / chhó-mak
  - Hakka Romanization System: co^ˋ mang^ˋ / co^ˋ mag^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: co³ mang³ / co³ mag⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo³¹ maŋ³¹/, /t͡sʰo³¹ mak̚²/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhó-màng / chhó-mak
  - Hakka Romanization System: co^ˋ mang^ˇ / co^ˋ mag^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: co³ mang² / co³ mag⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo³¹ maŋ¹¹/, /t͡sʰo³¹ mak̚²/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: cau³ mang³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰau³¹ maŋ³¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chāng-māng / chāu-māng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaŋ³³⁻³⁵ maŋ³³/, /t͡sʰau³³⁻³⁵ maŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-meh
  - Tâi-lô: tsháu-meh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhawmeq
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mẽʔ³²/
  - IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰau⁴²⁻²⁴ meʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-muih
  - Tâi-lô: tsháu-muih
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhawmuiq
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ muĩʔ⁵/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-meeh
  - Tâi-lô: tsháu-meeh
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mɛ̃ʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-neh
  - Tâi-lô: tsháu-neh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhawneq
  - IPA (Yilan): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁵⁵ nẽʔ²/
- (Hokkien: Lukang, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-nih
  - Tâi-lô: tsháu-nih
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhawniq
  - IPA (Lukang): /t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁻³⁵ nĩʔ⁵/
- (Hokkien: Singapore, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-mih
  - Tâi-lô: tsháu-mih
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhawmiq
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mĩʔ³²/
  - IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰau⁴²⁻²⁴ miʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-mé
  - Tâi-lô: tsháu-mé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhawmea
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mẽ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cao² mên²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsháu méⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰau⁵²⁻³⁵ mẽ⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

草蜢

(Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min) grasshopper; locust
(Hokkien) a child who bothers and harasses others

Synonyms

(grasshopper): 蚱蜢 (zhàměng), 螞蚱／蚂蚱 (màzha); (Hakka, Hokkien) 草蜢仔; (Northern Min) 蘆螞／芦蚂, 蚱螞／蚱蚂; (Hokkien) 草蜢公, 草蜢仔公; (Xiang) 蚱蜢子

Derived terms

References

小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “草蜢”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1], volume 1 (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC, page 602,5,6