草頭
Chinese
grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty |
head; (noun suffix) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (草頭) | 草 | 頭 | |
| simp. (草头) | 草 | 头 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): cou2 tau4
- Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): cau3 têu2
- Eastern Min (BUC): chō̤-tàu
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cor3 tao2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chháu-thâu / chhó-thâu
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5tshau-deu6
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): cau3 dou2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: cǎotóu
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄊㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cǎotóu
- Wade–Giles: tsʻao3-tʻou2
- Yale: tsǎu-tóu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaotour
- Palladius: цаотоу (caotou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: cao3 tou2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: caotou
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰau⁵³ tʰəu²¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cou2 tau4
- Yale: chóu tàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsou2 tau4
- Guangdong Romanization: cou2 teo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- Eastern Min
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: cor3 tao2 [Phonetic: cor2 lao2]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: chô̤-táu
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɒ⁴⁵³⁻¹³ (tʰ-)lau¹³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: cor3 tao2 [Phonetic: cor1 lao2]
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɒ³³²⁻⁵⁵ (tʰ-)lau²⁴/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-thâu
- Tâi-lô: tsháu-thâu
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhaw'taau
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²³/
- IPA (Jinjiang): /t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhó-thâu
- Tâi-lô: tshó-thâu
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhoy'taau
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²³/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
- Wu
- Xiang
Noun
草頭
- The Chinese character component 艹. (Classifier: 個/个)
- (chiefly Wu, colloquial) medick; burclover; lucerne; alfalfa (Medicago)
- (archaic) end of a blade of grass
- (dated) bandit chief
- (dated, euphemistic) five-digit figure; amount in the ten thousands (Classifier: 個/个)
- (Shadi Wu, card games) club (♣)
Synonyms
- (character component):
Dialectal synonyms of 草字頭 (“Chinese character component 艹”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 梅花 (“club (playing cards)”) [map]
References
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “草头”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 106.