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)
simp. (草头)

Pronunciation


Noun

草頭

  1. The Chinese character component . (Classifier: )
  2. (chiefly Wu, colloquial) medick; burclover; lucerne; alfalfa (Medicago)
  3. (archaic) end of a blade of grass
  4. (dated) bandit chief
  5. (dated, euphemistic) five-digit figure; amount in the ten thousands (Classifier: )
  6. (Shadi Wu, card games) club ()

Synonyms

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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.