苦草

Chinese

		bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (苦草)		苦	草
simp. #(苦草)		苦	草

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khó͘-chháu

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘-chháu
    • Tâi-lô: khóo-tsháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qofzhao
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁵³/

Noun

苦草

1. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) Andrographis paniculata, an herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat mouth ulcers, and to reduce "heat"

Synonyms

• 穿心蓮／穿心莲 (chuānxīnlián)
• 一見喜／一见喜 (yījiànxǐ)
• 欖核蓮／榄核莲
• 苦膽草／苦胆草
• 印度草
• 四方蓮／四方莲
• (Hokkien) 萬病仙草／万病仙草, 百病草

Korean

Hanja in this term
苦	草

Noun

苦草 • (gocho) (hangeul 고초)

1. Hanja form^? of 고초.