落草

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (落草)		落	草
simp. #(落草)		落	草

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luòcǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄘㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luòcǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luòcǎo
    • Wade–Giles: lo⁴-tsʻao³
    • Yale: lwò-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohtsao
    • Palladius: лоцао (locao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

落草

1. to become a bandit in the mountains and woods
2. (dialectal) to be born

Derived terms

• 落草為寇 / 落草为寇 (luòcǎowéikòu)