草案

Chinese

		grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty	(legal) case; incident; record (legal) case; incident; record; file; table
trad. (草案)		草	案
simp. #(草案)		草	案

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎo'àn

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² on³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhó-on
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhó-àn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cao² uan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎo'àn
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎo-àn
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-an⁴
    • Yale: tsǎu-àn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaoann
    • Palladius: цаоань (caoanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou² on³
    • Yale: chóu on
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² on³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou² on³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ ɔːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhó-on
    • Hakka Romanization System: co` on
    • Hagfa Pinyim: co³ on⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo³¹ on⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhó-àn
    • Tâi-lô: tshó-àn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoyaxn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ an⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cao² uan³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsháu uàⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰau⁵²⁻³⁵ ũã²¹³/

Noun

草案

1. draft (of a plan, law, statement, etc.)

Derived terms

• 私人條例草案／私人条例草案 (sīrén tiáolì cǎo'àn)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (草案):

• → Japanese: 草案(そうあん) (sōan)
• → Korean: 초안(草案) (choan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
草	案
そう Grade: 1	あん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) そーあん [sòóáń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [so̞ːã̠ɴ]

Noun

草(そう)案(あん) • (sōan) ^{←さうあん (sauan)?}

1. draft

Synonyms

• 草稿(そうこう) (sōkō)

Korean

Hanja in this term
草	案

Noun

草案 • (choan) (hangeul 초안)

1. Hanja form^? of 초안.