草粿
Chinese
grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty |
cooked rice for making cake | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (草粿) | 草 | 粿 | |
| simp. #(草粿) | 草 | 粿 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: cǎoguǒ [Phonetic: cáoguǒ]
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄛˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cǎoguǒ
- Wade–Giles: tsʻao3-kuo3
- Yale: tsǎu-gwǒ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaoguoo
- Palladius: цаого (caogo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cou2 gwo2
- Yale: chóu gwó
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsou2 gwo2
- Guangdong Romanization: cou2 guo2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ kʷɔː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: cao2 guê2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsháu kué
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰau⁵²⁻³⁵ kue⁵²⁻²¹/
- (Teochew)
Noun
草粿
- (chiefly Teochew) grass jelly
- (chiefly Southern Min) short for 草仔粿
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 仙草凍 (“grass jelly”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 仙草凍, 仙草 |
| Malaysia | 涼粉 | |
| Singapore | 仙草 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 涼粉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 涼粉, 涼粉草 |
| Hong Kong | 涼粉 | |
| Taishan | 涼粉 | |
| Dongguan | 涼粉 | |
| Penang (Guangfu) | 涼粉 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 涼粉 | |
| Gan | Lichuan | 仙草糕 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 仙人粄 |
| Wuping | 仙草凍, 仙水凍 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 青草凍 |
| Zhangzhou | 田草凍, 田草 | |
| Taipei | 仙草 | |
| New Taipei (Tamsui) | 仙草 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 仙草 | |
| Kaohsiung | 仙草 | |
| Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 田草 | |
| Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 清草 | |
| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 田草 | |
| Yilan | 仙草 | |
| Yilan (Toucheng) | 田草, 仙草 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 青草 | |
| Taichung | 仙草 | |
| Tainan | 田草 | |
| Tainan (Anping) | 仙草 | |
| Hsinchu | 仙草 | |
| Kinmen | 仙草 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 仙草 | |
| Penghu (Xiyu) | 仙草 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 涼粉 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 清草 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 仙草 | |
| Chaozhou | 草粿 | |
| Shantou | 草粿 | |
| Jieyang | 草粿 | |
| Bangkok (Teochew) | 草粿 | |
| Hat Yai (Teochew) | 草粿 | |
| Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) | 草粿 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 草粿 | |
| Qionghai | 清草 | |
| Singapore (Hainanese) | 清草 |
Descendants
- → Thai: เฉาก๊วย (chǎo-gúai)