草堂

Chinese

		grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty	(main) hall; large room
trad. (草堂)		草	堂
simp. ^#(草堂)		草	堂

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cǎotáng

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄊㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² tong⁴
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵tshau-daon₆ / ³tshau-daon₂

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cǎotáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄊㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǎotáng
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-tʻang²
  - Yale: tsǎu-táng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaotarng
  - Palladius: цаотан (caotan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cou² tong⁴
  - Yale: chóu tòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² tong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cou² tong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ tʰɔːŋ²¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tshau-daon₆
  - MiniDict: tshau^去 daon^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tshau-daan₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰɔ³³ dɑ̃⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Jiaxing)
  - Wugniu: ³tshau-daon₂
  - MiniDict: tshau^上 daon^平
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /t͡sʰɔ¹³ dɑ̃³¹/

Noun

草堂

(archaic) a modest dwelling; a house

Derived terms

草堂詩餘 / 草堂诗余
閱微草堂筆記 / 阅微草堂笔记

Proper noun

草堂

(～鎮) Caotang (a town in Fengjie, Chongqing, China)