草案

Chinese

		grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty	(legal) case; incident; record (legal) case; incident; record; file; table
trad. (草案)		草	案
simp. ^#(草案)		草	案

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cǎo'àn

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² on³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhó-on

(Hailu, HRS): co^ˊ on^ˇ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhó-àn

(Teochew, Peng'im): cao² uan³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cǎo'àn
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǎo-àn
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-an⁴
  - Yale: tsǎu-àn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaoann
  - Palladius: цаоань (caoanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cou² on³
  - Yale: chóu on
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² on³
  - Guangdong Romanization: cou² on³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ ɔːn³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhó-on
  - Hakka Romanization System: co^ˋ on
  - Hagfa Pinyim: co³ on⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo³¹ on⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: co^ˊ on^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo²⁴⁻³³ on¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhó-àn
  - Tâi-lô: tshó-àn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhoyaxn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ an⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cao² uan³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsháu uàⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰau⁵²⁻³⁵ ũã²¹³/

Noun

草案

draft (of a plan, law, statement, etc.)

Derived terms

私人條例草案 / 私人条例草案 (sīrén tiáolì cǎo'àn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (草案):

→ Japanese: 草案(そうあん) (sōan)
→ Korean: 초안(草案) (choan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
草	案
そう Grade: 1	あん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そーあん [sòóáń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [so̞ːã̠ɴ]

Noun

草(そう)案(あん) • (sōan) ^{←さうあん (sauan)^?}

draft

Synonyms

草稿(そうこう) (sōkō)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
草	案

Noun

草案 • (choan) (hangeul 초안)

hanja form^? of 초안