割草

Chinese

		cut off	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (割草)		割	草
simp. #(割草)		割	草

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gēcǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): got³ cou²
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷keq ⁵tshau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gēcǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gecǎo
    • Wade–Giles: ko¹-tsʻao³
    • Yale: gē-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: getsao
    • Palladius: гэцао (gɛcao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: got³ cou²
    • Yale: got chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: got⁸ tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: god³ cou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːt̚³ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁷keq ⁵tshau
    • MiniDict: keh^入 tshau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴keq ²tshau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kəʔ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔ³⁴/

Verb

割草

1. to cut or mow grass; to mow the lawn

Noun

割草

1. Short for 割草遊戲／割草游戏 (gēcǎo yóuxì).

Synonyms

• (to mow the lawn) 剪草 (jiǎncǎo)

Derived terms

• 割草機／割草机 (gēcǎojī)