藥草

See also: 药草

Chinese

	medicine; drug; cure	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (藥草)	藥	草
simp. (药草)	药	草
anagram	草藥／草药

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yàocǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄘㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): joek⁶ cou²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): yo̍k-chhó

(Hailu, HRS): rhog^ˋ co^ˊ

(Changting, Changting Pinyin): yo⁵ cao³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): io̍h-chháu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yàocǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄘㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yàocǎo
  - Wade–Giles: yao⁴-tsʻao³
  - Yale: yàu-tsǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawtsao
  - Palladius: яоцао (jaocao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: joek⁶ cou²
  - Yale: yeuhk chóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joek⁹ tsou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yêg⁶ cou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːk̚² t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yo̍k-chhó
  - Hakka Romanization System: iog co^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yog⁶ co³
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯ok̚⁵ t͡sʰo³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yo̍k-chhó
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iog co^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yog⁶ co³
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯ok̚⁵ t͡sʰo³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: rhog^ˋ co^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /ʒok² t͡sʰo²⁴/
- (Changting)
  - Changting Pinyin: yo⁵ cao³
  - Sinological IPA: /io²¹ t͡sʰɔ⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io̍h-chháu
  - Tâi-lô: io̍h-tsháu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ioiqzhao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /io(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰau⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /io(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /io(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sʰau⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /io(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰau⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰau⁴¹/

Noun

藥草

medicinal herb

References

周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “药草”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 772.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
藥	草
やく Jinmeiyō	そう Grade: 1
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 藥草 – see the following entry.

【薬草やくそう】

[noun] medicinal plants

(This term, 藥草, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
藥	草

Noun

藥草 • (yakcho) (hangeul 약초)

hanja form^? of 약초 (“medicinal herb”)