金魚草

See also: 金鱼草

Chinese

		goldfish	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (金魚草)		金魚	草
simp. (金鱼草)		金鱼	草
anagram		草金魚／草金鱼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnyúcǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄩˊ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ jyu^4-2 cou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kim-hî-chháu / kim-hû-chháu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnyúcǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄩˊ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinyúcǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-yü²-tsʻao³
    • Yale: jīn-yú-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinyutsao
    • Palladius: цзиньюйцао (czinʹjujcao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ y³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ jyu^4-2 cou²
    • Yale: gām yú chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ jy^4-2 tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ yu^4-2 cou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ jyː²¹⁻³⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-hî-chháu
    • Tâi-lô: kim-hî-tsháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kimhizhao
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ hi²³⁻³³ t͡sʰau⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-hû-chháu
    • Tâi-lô: kim-hû-tsháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kimhuzhao
    • IPA (Taipei): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ hu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰau⁵³/

Noun

金魚草

1. snapdragon

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 兔仔花
• (Mandarin) 龍頭花／龙头花

Japanese

金魚草 (kingyosō): A snapdragon flowering.

Etymology

Kanji in this term
金	魚	草
きん Grade: 1	ぎょ Grade: 2	そう Grade: 1
kan'on		on'yomi

From 金魚 (kingyo, “goldfish”) +‎ 草 (sō, “grass”), supposedly from the fact that the flowers in its spike are shaped like goldfish.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きんぎょそー [kìńgyósóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kʲĩŋʲɡʲo̞so̞ː]

Noun

金(きん)魚(ぎょ)草(そう) or 金魚草(キンギョソウ) • (kingyosō) 

1. snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus)

Usage notes

• As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as キンギョソウ.