白茅

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	thatch
trad. (白茅)		白	茅
simp. #(白茅)		白	茅
alternative forms		白茆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báimáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ maau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-hm̂

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báimáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báimáo
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-mao²
    • Yale: bái-máu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairmau
    • Palladius: баймао (bajmao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ maau⁴
    • Yale: baahk màauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ maau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ mao⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² maːu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-hm̂
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-hm̂
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqhmm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hm̩²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² hm̩²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pe(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ hm̩¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ hm̩²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hm̩²³/

Noun

白茅

1. cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica)

Synonyms

• 茅 (máo)
• 茅仔草 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 茅根 (máogēn)
• 茅草 (máocǎo)
• 茅針／茅针 (máozhēn)

 

Derived terms

• 白茅根 (báimáogēn)