萱草

Chinese

		lemon daylily (Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus)	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (萱草)		萱	草
simp. #(萱草)		萱	草
alternative forms		諼草／谖草

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuāncǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hyun¹ cou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soan-chháu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuāncǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuancǎo
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan¹-tsʻao³
    • Yale: sywān-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuantsao
    • Palladius: сюаньцао (sjuanʹcao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hyun¹ cou²
    • Yale: hyūn chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hyn¹ tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hün¹ cou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soan-chháu
    • Tâi-lô: suan-tsháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soanzhao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /suan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suan³³ t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /suan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰau⁴¹/

Noun

萱草

1. orange day-lily (Hemerocallis fulva)

Synonyms

• 忘憂草／忘忧草 (wàngyōucǎo)

Japanese

Noun

萱(かん)草(ぞう) or 萱草(カンゾウ) • (kanzō) ^{←くゎんざう (kwanzau)?}

1. day-lily, specifically the orange day-lily, Hemerocallis fulva

   Synonyms: 忘れ草 (wasuregusa), 甘菜 (amana)

Varieties

• 野萱草(のかんぞう) (nokanzō, “var. longituba”)
• 浜萱草(はまかんぞう) (hamakanzō, “var littorea”)
• 藪萱草(やぶかんぞう) (yabukanzō, “var. kwanso”)

Derived terms

• 萱草色(かんぞういろ) (kanzōiro)