蘭草

Chinese

		Eupatorium fortunei; orchid	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (蘭草)		蘭	草
simp. (兰草)		兰	草

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láncǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˊ ㄘㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láncǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˊ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láncǎo
    • Wade–Giles: lan²-tsʻao³
    • Yale: lán-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lantsao
    • Palladius: ланьцао (lanʹcao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /län³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

蘭草

1. Eupatorium fortunei
2. orchid, especially cymbidium

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蘭花 (“orchid”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蘭花
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	蘭花
	Singapore	蘭花
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	蘭草
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	蘭花
Cantonese	Hong Kong	蘭花
	Dongguan	蘭花
Gan	Nanchang	蘭花
Hakka	Yudu	蘭花
Huizhou	Jixi	蘭花
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蘭
Southern Min	Xiamen	官蘭花, 蘭花
	Quanzhou	蘭花
	Zhangzhou	蘭花
	Zhao'an	蘭花
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	蘭花
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	蘭花
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	蘭花
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	蘭花
	Yilan (Toucheng)	蘭花
	Tainan	蘭花
	Tainan (Anping)	蘭花
	Penghu (Xiyu)	蘭花
	Penang (Hokkien)	蘭花
	Singapore (Hokkien)	胡姬, 蘭花
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蘭花
Wu	Shanghai	蘭花
	Suzhou	蘭花
	Hangzhou	蘭花
	Ningbo	蘭花