草昧

Chinese

		grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty	conceal; dark
trad. (草昧)		草	昧
simp. #(草昧)		草	昧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎomèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄇㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎomèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄇㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎomèi
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-mei⁴
    • Yale: tsǎu-mèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaomey
    • Palladius: цаомэй (caomɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ meɪ̯⁵¹/

Adjective

草昧

1. (literary) primitive; uncivilized

Synonyms

• (attributive) 始祖 (shǐzǔ)
• 原始 (yuánshǐ)

Antonyms

• 開化／开化 (kāihuà)