草包
Chinese
grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty |
to cover; to wrap; to hold to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet; to contract (to or for) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (草包) | 草 | 包 | |
| simp. #(草包) | 草 | 包 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): cou2 baau1
- Eastern Min (BUC): chāu-bău
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chháu-pau
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5tshau-pau
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: cǎobāo
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄅㄠ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cǎobao
- Wade–Giles: tsʻao3-pao1
- Yale: tsǎu-bāu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaobau
- Palladius: цаобао (caobao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: cǎobāor
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄅㄠㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cǎobaor
- Wade–Giles: tsʻao3-pao1-ʼrh
- Yale: tsǎu-bāur
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaobaul
- Palladius: цаобаор (caobaor)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ paʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cou2 baau1
- Yale: chóu bāau
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsou2 baau1
- Guangdong Romanization: cou2 bao1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ paːu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-pau
- Tâi-lô: tsháu-pau
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhaw'paw
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pau⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pau³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pau⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pau⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pau⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
Noun
草包
- (literally) straw bag
- (figurative, colloquial) good-for-nothing; layabout; useless person
Synonyms
- (straw bag): (Hokkien) 草袋
Dialectal synonyms of 廢物 (“incompetent person; useless individual; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well”) [map]
Adjective
草包
- (Mainland China Hokkien) rash and sloppy; crude and careless
- (Southern Pinghua) useless