草屋

Chinese

		grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty	house; room
trad. (草屋)		草	屋
simp. #(草屋)		草	屋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎowū

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² uk¹
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tshau-oq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎowū
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎowu
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-wu¹
    • Yale: tsǎu-wū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaou
    • Palladius: цао’у (cao’u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou² uk¹
    • Yale: chóu ūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² uk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou² ug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ ʊk̚⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tshau-oq
    • MiniDict: tshau^去 oh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tshau-oq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰɔ³³ oʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

草屋

1. thatched hut

Synonyms

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• 庵子 (ānzi) (regional)
• 茅厝 (mê-chio̤̿) (Northern Min)
• 茅屋 (máowū)
• 茅廬／茅庐 (máolú) (formal)
• 茅舍 (máoshè) (formal)
• 草厝仔 (Hokkien)

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
草	屋
くさ Grade: 1	や Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) くさや [kùsáyá] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) くさや [kùsáꜜyà] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟sa̠ja̠]

Noun

草(くさ)屋(や) • (kusaya) 

1. thatched cottage, thatched hut
2. barn for storing hay

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
草	屋
そう Grade: 1	おく Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) そーおく [sòóókú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [so̞ːo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

草(そう)屋(おく) • (sōoku) ^{←さうをく (sauwoku)?}

1. thatched hut
2. (humble) one's house