狗尾草

Chinese

		dog	tail	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (狗尾草)		狗	尾	草
simp. ^#(狗尾草)		狗	尾	草

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gǒuwěicǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˇ ㄨㄟˇ ㄘㄠˇ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): káu-bóe-chháu / káu-bé-chháu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gǒuwěicǎo [Phonetic: góuwéicǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˇ ㄨㄟˇ ㄘㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gǒuwěicǎo
  - Wade–Giles: kou³-wei³-tsʻao³
  - Yale: gǒu-wěi-tsǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goouwoeitsao
  - Palladius: гоувэйцао (gouvɛjcao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káu-bóe-chháu
  - Tâi-lô: káu-bué-tsháu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kaw'boefzhao
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káu-bé-chháu
  - Tâi-lô: káu-bé-tsháu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kaw'befzhao
  - IPA (Taipei): /kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁵³/

Noun

狗尾草

Setaria viridis (green foxtail, green bristlegrass, wild foxtail millet)

Synonyms

狗尾巴草 (gǒuwěibacǎo)
莠 (yǒu)
(Puxian Min) 狗囝尾

Japanese

Kanji in this term
狗	尾	草
えのころ		くさ > ぐさ Grade: 1
Hyōgai	Grade: S	くさ > ぐさ Grade: 1
irregular		kun'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [e̞no̞ko̞ɾo̞ɡɯ̟sa̠]
IPA^(key): [e̞no̞ko̞ɾo̞ɡɯ̟sa̠]

Noun

狗尾(えのころ)草(ぐさ) or 狗尾草(エノコログサ) • (enokorogusa)

Setaria viridis (green foxtail, green bristlegrass, wild foxtail millet)

Usage notes

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