百草枯

Chinese

		all kinds of grass; all kinds of flora	withered; dried up
trad. (百草枯)		百草	枯
simp. #(百草枯)		百草	枯

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English paraquat.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎicǎokū

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄘㄠˇ ㄎㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ cou² fu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎicǎokū [Phonetic: báicǎokū]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄘㄠˇ ㄎㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎicǎoku
    • Wade–Giles: pai³-tsʻao³-kʻu¹
    • Yale: bǎi-tsǎu-kū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baetsaoku
    • Palladius: байцаоку (bajcaoku)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak³ cou² fu¹
    • Yale: baak chóu fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ tsou² fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag³ cou² fu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ t͡sʰou̯³⁵ fuː⁵⁵/

Noun

百草枯

1. paraquat (herbicide)

Synonyms

• 巴拉刈 (bālāyì)