草球

Chinese

		straw; herbaceous plant; ordinary	ball; sphere
trad. (草球)		草	球
simp. #(草球)		草	球

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎoqiú

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎoqiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎocióu
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-chʻiu²
    • Yale: tsǎu-chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaochyou
    • Palladius: цаоцю (caocju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

Noun

草球

1. straw ball
2. ball of string
3. plant (real or artificial) shaped into a ball
4. Echinopsis sp., especially Echinopsis oxygona