烏拉草

Chinese

		a kind of shoe made from cattle hide and stuffed with Carex meyeriana, worn in the winter in northeastern China	grass
trad. (烏拉草)		烏拉	草
simp. (乌拉草)		乌拉	草
alternative forms		靰鞡草

Etymology

Borrowed from Manchu ᡤᡡᠯᡥᠠ
ᡶᠣᠶᠣ (gūlha foyo, “Carex meyeriana”, literally “boot nutsedge”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wùlacǎo, wūlācǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˋ ˙ㄌㄚ ㄘㄠˇ, ㄨ ㄌㄚ ㄘㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wùlacǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˋ ˙ㄌㄚ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wùlåcǎo
    • Wade–Giles: wu⁴-la⁵-tsʻao³
    • Yale: wù-la-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuh.latsao
    • Palladius: улацао (ulacao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹ lä¹ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wūlācǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄌㄚ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wulacǎo
    • Wade–Giles: wu¹-la¹-tsʻao³
    • Yale: wū-lā-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ulhatsao
    • Palladius: улацао (ulacao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

烏拉草

1. Carex meyeriana