剾草

Chinese

			grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (剾草)		剾	草
simp. (𠛅草)		𠛅	草
alternative forms		摳草／抠草

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khau-chháu

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khau-chháu
    • Tâi-lô: khau-tsháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qauzhao
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰau⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/

Verb

剾草

1. (Xiamen Hokkien) to flirt with women; to dally with women
2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to gain extra advantage; to profit at other people's expense; to take advantage of (someone)

Synonyms

• (to flirt with women): (Hokkien) 𠛅查某
• (to gain extra advantage): 佔便宜／占便宜 (zhàn piányi), 利用 (lìyòng); (Sichuan) 吃福息; (Cantonese) 攞便宜／𫽋便宜; (Hakka) 打斧頭／打斧头; (Leizhou Min) 討便宜／讨便宜