草字

Chinese

		grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
trad. (草字)		草	字
simp. #(草字)		草	字

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎozì

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄗˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² zi⁶
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'cau³ ci⁵
• Eastern Min (BUC): chō̤-*cê

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎozì
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄗˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎozìh
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-tzŭ⁴
    • Yale: tsǎu-dz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaotzyh
    • Palladius: цаоцзы (caoczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou² zi⁶
    • Yale: chóu jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou² ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ t͡siː²²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'cau³ ci⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈt͡sʰau²¹³⁻²⁴ t͡sʰz̩¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chō̤-*cê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰo³³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sɛi²⁴²/

Noun

草字

1. (calligraphy) cursive script
2. (dated, humble) my humble name; nickname

Synonyms

• (cursive script):

• 草寫／草写 (cǎoxiě)
• 草寫體／草写体 (cǎoxiětǐ)
• 草書／草书 (cǎoshū)
• 草體／草体 (cǎotǐ)