牆頭草

See also: 墙头草

Chinese

		wall	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (牆頭草)		牆頭	草
simp. (墙头草)		墙头	草
Literally: “grass on top of a wall (which sways with every gust of wind)”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiángtóucǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴ tau⁴ cou²
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zhian-deu-tshau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiángtóucǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciángtóucǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiang²-tʻou²-tsʻao³
    • Yale: chyáng-tóu-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyangtourtsao
    • Palladius: цянтоуцао (cjantoucao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiángtóurcǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄡˊㄦ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciángtóurcǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiang²-tʻou²-ʼrh-tsʻao³
    • Yale: chyáng-tóur-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyangtourltsao
    • Palladius: цянтоурцао (cjantourcao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coeng⁴ tau⁴ cou²
    • Yale: chèuhng tàuh chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴ tau⁴ tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴ teo⁴ cou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zhian-deu-tshau
    • MiniDict: zhian^去 deu tshau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³xxian-deu-tshau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑiã²² dɤ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔ²¹/

Idiom

牆頭草

1. fence sitter; a person who is on the fence