草澤

Chinese

		grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty	beneficence; marsh
trad. (草澤)		草	澤
simp. (草泽)		草	泽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎozé

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄗㄜˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎozé
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄗㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎozé
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-tsê²
    • Yale: tsǎu-dzé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaotzer
    • Palladius: цаоцзэ (caoczɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sɤ³⁵/

Noun

草澤

1. (literally) grassy marsh; swamp
2. (figuratively) among the common people

Synonyms

• (among the common people): (literary) 民間／民间 (mínjiān)