月見草

Chinese

		moon; month	to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (月見草)		月	見	草
simp. (月见草)		月	见	草

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 月(つき)見(み)草(そう) (tsukimisō).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuèjiàncǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ gin³ cou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuèjiàncǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuèjiàncǎo
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴-chien⁴-tsʻao³
    • Yale: ywè-jyàn-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehjianntsao
    • Palladius: юэцзяньцао (jueczjanʹcao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶ gin³ cou²
    • Yale: yuht gin chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ gin³ tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ gin³ cou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² kiːn³³ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/

Noun

月見草

1. evening primrose

Japanese

Kanji in this term
月	見	草
つき Grade: 1	み Grade: 1	そう Grade: 1
kun’yomi	kun’yomi	on’yomi

Noun

月(つき)見(み)草(そう) • (tsukimisō) 

1. evening primrose