草率

Chinese

		grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty	to lead; command; rate to lead; command; rate; frequency
trad. (草率)		草	率
simp. #(草率)		草	率

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎoshuài

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄕㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² seot¹

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhó-sut

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cao² sug⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎoshuài
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄕㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎoshuài
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-shuai⁴
    • Yale: tsǎu-shwài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaoshuay
    • Palladius: цаошуай (caošuaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou² seot¹
    • Yale: chóu sēut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² soet⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou² sêd¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ sɵt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhó-sut
    • Tâi-lô: tshó-sut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoysud
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sut̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sut̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sut̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sut̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sut̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cao² sug⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsháu suk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰau⁵²⁻³⁵ suk̚²/

Adjective

草率

1. careless; perfunctory; rash; sloppy

Synonyms

• 容易 (literary)
• 急躁 (jízào)
• 操切 (cāoqiè) (formal)
• 苟且 (gǒuqiě)
• 衝動／冲动 (chōngdòng)
• 輕易／轻易 (qīngyì) (literary)
• 輕率／轻率 (qīngshuài)

 

Related terms

• 草草 (cǎocǎo)