海草

Chinese

		ocean; sea	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (海草)		海	草
simp. ^#(海草)		海	草

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǎicǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄘㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² cou²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hói-chhó
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hái-chháu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǎicǎo [Phonetic: háicǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄘㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǎicǎo
  - Wade–Giles: hai³-tsʻao³
  - Yale: hǎi-tsǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haetsao
  - Palladius: хайцао (xajcao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi² cou²
  - Yale: hói chóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² tsou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi² cou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hói-chhó
  - Hakka Romanization System: hoi^ˋ co^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hoi³ co³
  - Sinological IPA: /hoi̯³¹ t͡sʰo³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-chháu
  - Tâi-lô: hái-tsháu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hayzhao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁴¹/

Noun

海草

seagrass

Japanese

Kanji in this term
海	草
かい Grade: 2	そう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Noun

海(かい)草(そう) • (kaisō)

seagrass

Usage notes

This term is often confused with the homophonic 海藻(かいそう) (kaisō), which means seaweed. For distinction, this term is sometimes read as うみくさ.

Korean

Hanja in this term
海	草

Noun

海草 • (haecho) (hangeul 해초)

hanja form^? of 해초 (“seagrass”)