水草
Chinese
| water; river | grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (水草) | 水 | 草 | |
| simp. #(水草) | 水 | 草 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi2 cou2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-chháu
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 5sy-tshau5 / 3syu-tshau3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐcǎo [Phonetic: shuícǎo]
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄘㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shuěicǎo
- Wade–Giles: shui3-tsʻao3
- Yale: shwěi-tsǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeitsao
- Palladius: шуйцао (šujcao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: seoi2 cou2
- Yale: séui chóu
- Cantonese Pinyin: soey2 tsou2
- Guangdong Romanization: sêu2 cou2
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-chháu
- Tâi-lô: tsuí-tsháu
- Phofsit Daibuun: zuyzhao
- IPA (Singapore): /t͡sui⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡sʰau⁴²/
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
- Wu
Noun
水草
- (literally) water and grass
- aquatic plants
- (Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial) drinking straw (Classifier: 根 m)
Synonyms
- (drinking straw):
Dialectal synonyms of 吸管 (“drinking straw”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 吸管 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 吸管兒 |
| Taiwan | 吸管 | |
| Malaysia | 吸管, 水草 | |
| Singapore | 吸管, 水草 | |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 吸管兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 吸管 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 吸管, 飲筒 |
| Hong Kong | 飲筒, 飲管 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 水草 | |
| Ipoh (Guangfu) | 水草 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 水草 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 唶管 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 唰管 | |
| Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 嗍管 | |
| Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 吸管 | |
| Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 唰管仔 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 唶管 | |
| Sabah (Bao'an) | 水草 | |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 蔥管 |
| New Taipei (Tamsui) | 嗍管 | |
| Kaohsiung | 嗍管 | |
| Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 嗍管 | |
| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 嗍管 | |
| Yilan (Toucheng) | 嗍管 | |
| Tainan (Anping) | 嗍管 | |
| Penghu (Xiyu) | 嗍管 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 嗍草 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 水草 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 嗍管 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 吸管 |
| Wenzhou | 皮管 | |
Derived terms
- 逐水草而居 (zhú shuǐcǎo ér jū)
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 水 | 草 |
| すい Grade: 1 |
そう Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi | |
Pronunciation
Noun
水草 • (suisō)
- aquatic plants
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 水 | 草 |
| みず Grade: 1 |
くさ Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | |
Pronunciation
Noun
水草 • (mizukusa)
- aquatic plants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 水 | 草 |
Noun
水草 • (sucho) (hangeul 수초)
- hanja form? of 수초