草原

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ChineseEdit

		grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty	former; original; primary former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source
simp. and trad. (草原)		草	原

EtymologyEdit

草 (grass) + 原 (field; plain)

PronunciationEdit

• 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
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ y̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou² jyun⁴
    • Yale: chóu yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou² yun⁴
    • 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>
    • IPA: /t͡sʰo³¹ ɲi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhó-ngiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: co` ngianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: co³ ngian²
    • IPA: /t͡sʰo³¹ ɲi̯an¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-goân
    • Tâi-lô: tsháu-guân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhaw'goaan
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰaʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ guan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ guan¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ guan²⁴/

NounEdit

草原

1. (Elementary Mandarin) grassland; prairie

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JapaneseEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Sinitic.

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

NounEdit

草原 (hiragana そうげん, rōmaji sōgen)

1. grassland, meadow
2. steppe
3. savanna
4. prairie

Etymology 2Edit

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

NounEdit

草原 (hiragana くさはら, rōmaji kusahara)

1. grassland, meadow

ReferencesEdit

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.