水草

Chinese

		water; river	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (水草)		水	草
simp. #(水草)		水	草

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐcǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² cou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-chháu
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵sy-tshau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐcǎo [Phonetic: shuícǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěicǎo
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-tsʻao³
    • Yale: shwěi-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeitsao
    • Palladius: шуйцао (šujcao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² cou²
    • Yale: séui chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² cou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-chháu
    • Tâi-lô: tsuí-tsháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuyzhao
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sui⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡sʰau⁴²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵sy-tshau
    • MiniDict: sy^去 tshau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sr-tshau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩³³ t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/

Noun

水草

1. (literally) water and grass
2. aquatic plants
3. (Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial) drinking straw

   我要一根水草。  ―  Wǒ yào yī gēn shuǐcǎo.  ―  I'd like a straw.

Synonyms

• (drinking straw):

Dialectal synonyms of 吸管 (“drinking straw”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		吸管
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	吸管兒
	Taiwan	吸管
	Malaysia	吸管, 水草
	Singapore	吸管, 水草
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	吸管兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	吸管, 飲筒
	Hong Kong	飲筒, 飲管
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	水草
	Ipoh (Guangfu)	水草
	Singapore (Guangfu)	水草
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	唶管
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	唰管
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	嗍管
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	吸管
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	唰管仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	唶管
	Sabah (Bao'an)	水草
Southern Min	Quanzhou	蔥管
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	嗍栱
	Kaohsiung	嗍栱
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	嗍栱
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	嗍栱
	Yilan (Toucheng)	嗍栱
	Tainan (Anping)	嗍栱
	Penghu (Xiyu)	嗍栱
	Penang (Hokkien)	嗍草
	Singapore (Hokkien)	水草
	Manila (Hokkien)	嗍栱
Wu	Shanghai	吸管
	Wenzhou	皮管

Derived terms

• 逐水草而居 (zhú shuǐcǎo ér jū)

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
水	草
すい Grade: 1	そう Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

水(すい)草(そう) • (suisō) 

1. aquatic plants

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
水	草
みず Grade: 1	くさ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Noun

水(みず)草(くさ) • (mizukusa) 

1. aquatic plants