糟粕

Chinese

		alcohol dregs; to waste; decayed	grains in distilled liquor
trad. (糟粕)		糟	粕
simp. #(糟粕)		糟	粕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zāopò

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠ ㄆㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou¹ pok³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chau-phok / chau-phek / chau-phoh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zāopò
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠ ㄆㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zaopò
    • Wade–Giles: tsao¹-pʻo⁴
    • Yale: dzāu-pwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaupoh
    • Palladius: цзаопо (czaopo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou¹ pok³
    • Yale: jōu pok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou¹ pok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou¹ pog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯⁵⁵ pʰɔːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chau-phok
    • Tâi-lô: tsau-phok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zauphog
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sau³³ pʰɔk̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chau-phek
    • Tâi-lô: tsau-phik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zaupheg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sau⁴⁴⁻²² pʰiɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chau-phoh
    • Tâi-lô: tsau-phoh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zauphoiq
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sau³³ pʰoʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sau⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰoʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sau⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰɤʔ³²/

Noun

糟粕

1. dross; dregs; rubbish

   剔除糟粕，吸取精華。 [MSC, trad.]
   剔除糟粕，吸取精华。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tīchú zāopò, xīqǔ jīnghuá. [Pinyin]

   Remove the dregs and extract the essence.

2. (figurative) dregs; useless parts

Derived terms

• 去其糟粕，取其精華／去其糟粕，取其精华
• 取其精華，去其糟粕／取其精华，去其糟粕