麝香草

Chinese

		musk	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (麝香草)		麝香	草
simp. #(麝香草)		麝香	草

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèxiāngcǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): se⁶ hoeng¹ cou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shèxiāngcǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shèsiangcǎo
    • Wade–Giles: shê⁴-hsiang¹-tsʻao³
    • Yale: shè-syāng-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shehshiangtsao
    • Palladius: шэсянцао (šɛsjancao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: se⁶ hoeng¹ cou²
    • Yale: seh hēung chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: se⁶ hoeng¹ tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sé⁶ hêng¹ cou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛː²² hœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/

Noun

麝香草

1. thyme (Thymus)
2. Adenosma
3. Chelonopsis

Japanese

Kanji in this term
麝	香	草
じゃ Hyōgai	こう Grade: 4	そう Grade: 1
goon		on'yomi

Etymology

Literally, “musk plant”, 麝香(じゃこう) (jakō, “musk”) + 草(そう) (sō, “grass, plant”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑa̠ko̞ːso̞ː]

Noun

麝(じゃ)香(こう)草(そう) or 麝香草(ジャコウソウ) • (jakōsō) 

1. Chelonopsis moschata

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Derived terms

• 愛鷹麝香草(あしたかじゃこうそう) (ashitaka-jakōsō)
• 伊吹麝香草(いぶきじゃこうそう) (ibuki-jakōsō)
• 立麝香草(たちじゃこうそう) (tachi-jakōsō)
• 谷麝香草(たにじゃこうそう) (tani-jakōsō)