涼粉草

Chinese

		liangfen; grass jelly	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (涼粉草)		涼粉	草
simp. (凉粉草)		凉粉	草

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liángfěncǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄈㄣˇ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁴ fan² cou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liâng-hún-chháu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liángfěncǎo [Phonetic: liángféncǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄈㄣˇ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liángfěncǎo
    • Wade–Giles: liang²-fên³-tsʻao³
    • Yale: lyáng-fěn-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liangfeentsao
    • Palladius: лянфэньцао (ljanfɛnʹcao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ³⁵ fən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loeng⁴ fan² cou²
    • Yale: lèuhng fán chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁴ fan² tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁴ fen² cou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ²¹ fɐn³⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâng-hún-chháu
    • Tâi-lô: liâng-hún-tsháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lianghwnzhao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liaŋ²⁴⁻²² hun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liaŋ²⁴⁻²² hun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaŋ¹³⁻²² hun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liaŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liaŋ²³⁻³³ hun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁴¹/

Noun

涼粉草

1. Chinese mesona (Platostoma palustre)
2. (Cantonese) grass jelly

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 仙草 (“Chinese mesona”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		仙草
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	仙草
Cantonese	Guangzhou	涼粉草
	Hong Kong	涼粉草
Hakka	Meixian	仙人草
	Xingning	仙人草
	Huidong (Daling)	涼粉草
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	涼粉草
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	涼粉草
	Changting	仙人草
	Wuping	仙草
	Wuping (Pingyu)	仙人草
	Liancheng	仙草
	Ninghua	仙人草
	Ruijin	仙米凍草
	Shicheng	涼水坨
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	仙草
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	仙草
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	仙草
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	仙草
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	仙草
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	仙草
Southern Min	Tainan	仙草
	Shantou	草粿草

Dialectal synonyms of 仙草凍 (“grass jelly”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	仙草凍, 仙草
	Malaysia	涼粉
	Singapore	仙草
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	涼粉
Cantonese	Guangzhou	涼粉, 涼粉草
	Hong Kong	涼粉
	Taishan	涼粉
	Dongguan	涼粉
	Penang (Guangfu)	涼粉
	Singapore (Guangfu)	涼粉
Gan	Lichuan	仙草糕
Hakka	Meixian	仙人粄
	Wuping	仙草凍, 仙水凍
Southern Min	Xiamen	青草凍
	Zhangzhou	田草凍, 田草
	Taipei	仙草
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	仙草
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	仙草
	Kaohsiung	仙草
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	田草
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	清草
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	田草
	Yilan	仙草
	Yilan (Toucheng)	田草, 仙草
	Changhua (Lukang)	青草
	Taichung	仙草
	Tainan	田草
	Tainan (Anping)	仙草
	Hsinchu	仙草
	Kinmen	仙草
	Penghu (Magong)	仙草
	Penghu (Xiyu)	仙草
	Penang (Hokkien)	涼粉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	清草
	Chaozhou	草粿
	Shantou	草粿
	Jieyang	草粿
	Bangkok (Teochew)	草粿
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	草粿
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	草粿
	Singapore (Teochew)	草粿
	Qionghai	清草
	Singapore (Hainanese)	清草