種草

Chinese

		to plant; to cultivate; kind to plant; to cultivate; kind; type; race; breed; seed; species (taxonomy)	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (種草)		種	草
simp. (种草)		种	草

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhòngcǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄘㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhòngcǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhòngcǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chung⁴-tsʻao³
    • Yale: jùng-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonqtsao
    • Palladius: чжунцао (čžuncao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

種草

1. (literally) to plant grass
2. (Mainland China, neologism, slang) to make someone else long for something, especially a product
3. (Mainland China, neologism, slang, by extension) to make someone else have a desire to consume a piece of creative work or an entertainment media

Synonyms

• (to make someone else long for something):

• 安利 (ānlì) (mainland China, slang, neologism)
• 宣傳／宣传 (xuānchuán)
• 宣揚／宣扬 (xuānyáng)
• 揄揚／揄扬 (yúyáng) (literary)
• 鼓吹

 

See also

• 長草／长草 (zhǎngcǎo)
• 拔草 (bácǎo)