草原

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ChineseEdit

		grass	plain
trad. (草原)		草	原
simp. #(草原)		草	原

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. grassland; prairie; steppe; savanna

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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
   • 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] (in Japanese), 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 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.