乾草

See also: 干草

Chinese

		dry; clean; male dry; clean; male; strong; one of the Eight Trigrams; surname	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (乾草)		乾	草
simp. (干草)		干	草

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gāncǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄢㄘㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gon¹ cou²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gāncǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄢㄘㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gancǎo
  - Wade–Giles: kan¹-tsʻao³
  - Yale: gān-tsǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gantsao
  - Palladius: ганьцао (ganʹcao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gon¹ cou²
  - Yale: gōn chóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gon¹ tsou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gon¹ cou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/

Noun

乾草

hay (grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (乾草):

→ Japanese: 乾(かん)草(そう) (kansō)
→ Korean: 건초(乾草) (geoncho)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
乾	草
かん Grade: S	そう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かんそー [kàńsóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [kã̠ɰ̃so̞ː]

Noun

乾(かん)草(そう) • (kansō) ^{←かんさう (kansau)^?}

hay; dry grass
Synonym: 干し草 (hoshikusa)

References

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
乾	草

Noun

乾草 • (geoncho) (hangeul 건초)

hanja form^? of 건초 (“hay; dry grass”)