草原

Chinese

		grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty	plain
trad. (草原)		草	原
simp. #(草原)		草	原

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎoyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² jyun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhó-ngièn / chhó-ngiàn
• Min Nan (POJ): chháu-goân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: cǎoyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaoyuan
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎoyuán
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou² jyun⁴
    • Yale: chóu yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou² yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ jyːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhó-ngièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: co` ngienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: co<sup>3</sup> ngian<sup>2</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo³¹ ɲi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhó-ngiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: co` ngianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: co³ ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo³¹ ɲi̯an¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-goân
    • Tâi-lô: tsháu-guân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhaw'goaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡuan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡuan²³/

Noun

草原

1. grassland; prairie; steppe; savanna

   • 草原縱獵床頭臥　酒肆狂歌井底眠 [Korean Classical Chinese, trad.]

     From: 13th century, Il-yeon, Samguk yusa

     (please add an English translation of this example)

   • 青海的草原　一眼看不完 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

     From: 1978, 費玉清 (Fei Yu-ching) (lyricist 劉家昌), 中華民國頌

     Qīnghǎi de cǎoyuán, yīyǎn kàn bù wán [Pinyin]

     The grasslands of Qinghai cannot be seen at a glance.

Synonyms

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• 乾草原／干草原 (gāncǎoyuán)
• 稀樹草原／稀树草原 (xīshù cǎoyuán) (savanna)
• 草地 (cǎodì)

• 草埔 (Min Nan)
• 草場／草场 (cǎochǎng)
• 薩瓦納／萨瓦纳 (sàwǎnà) (savanna)

Derived terms

• 稀樹草原／稀树草原 (xīshù cǎoyuán)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (草原):

• → Japanese: 草原(そうげん) (sōgen)
• → Korean: 초원 (草原, chowon)
• → Vietnamese: thảo nguyên (草原)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
草	原
そう Grade: 1	げん Grade: 2
on’yomi

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) From Sinitic.

Noun

草(そう)原(げん) • (sōgen) 

1. grassland, meadow
   • 2014 March 8, “ルイーズ [Louise]”, in 決闘王の記憶　決闘者の王国編 [Memories of the Duel King: Duelist Kingdom Arc], Konami:

     体(からだ)は小(ちい)さいが、草(そう)原(げん)での守(しゅ)備(び)力(りょく)はかなり強(つよ)い。

     Karada wa chīsai ga, sōgen de no shubiryoku wa kanari tsuyoi.

     It may be small, but its defense strength is considerable in grasslands.

2. steppe
3. savanna
4. prairie

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
草	原
くさ Grade: 1	はら Grade: 2
kun’yomi

草(くさ) (kusa, “grass”) + 原(はら) (hara, “field”)

Noun

草(くさ)原(はら) • (kusahara) 

1. grassland, meadow

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
草	原

Noun

草原 • (chowon) (hangeul 초원)

1. Hanja form^? of 초원 (“grassland”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
草	原

Noun

草原

1. Hán tự form of thảo nguyên (“grassland; steppe”).