牛草

Chinese

		ox; cow; bull	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (牛草)		牛	草
simp. #(牛草)		牛	草

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niúcǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄘㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niúcǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nióucǎo
    • Wade–Giles: niu²-tsʻao³
    • Yale: nyóu-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioutsao
    • Palladius: нюцао (njucao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

牛草

1. timothy-grass
2. Alternative name for 水芹 (shuǐqín, “water dropwort”).

Synonyms

• (water dropwort): 楚葵 (chǔkuí), 刀芹 (dāoqín), 芹菜 (qíncài), 水芹 (shuǐqín), 水英 (shuǐyīng), 蜀芹 (shǔqín), 細本山芹菜／细本山芹菜 (xìběnshān qíncài)