薅草

Chinese

		pull out (weed)	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (薅草)		薅	草
simp. #(薅草)		薅	草

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hāocǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠ ㄘㄠˇ

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hao¹ cao³ / haoⁿ¹ cao³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khau-chháu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hāocǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: haocǎo
    • Wade–Giles: hao¹-tsʻao³
    • Yale: hāu-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hautsao
    • Palladius: хаоцао (xaocao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hao¹ cao³ [Phonetic: hao⁵ lao³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hau⁵³³⁻²¹ ^(t͡sʰ-)lau⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: haoⁿ¹ cao³ [Phonetic: haoⁿ⁵ cao³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hãũ⁵³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰau³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khau-chháu
    • Tâi-lô: khau-tsháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qauzhao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰau⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰau³³ t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰau⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰau⁴¹/

Verb

薅草

1. to pull out weeds

Synonyms

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• 㔊草 (Hokkien)
• 扯草 (cha³ cau³) (Xiang)
• 拔草 (bácǎo)
• 掹草 (mang¹ cou²) (Cantonese)
• 鋤草／锄草 (chúcǎo)
• 除草 (chúcǎo)

 

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “薅草”, in 莆仙方言大词典 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 259.