草簽

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎoqiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² cim¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎoqiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎocian
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-chʻien¹
    • Yale: tsǎu-chyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaochian
    • Palladius: цаоцянь (caocjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎoqiānr
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄢㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎocianr
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-chʻien¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: tsǎu-chyānr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaochial
    • Palladius: цаоцяньр (caocjanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/

Note: Erhuayin for noun sense only.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou² cim¹
    • Yale: chóu chīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² tsim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou² qim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ t͡sʰiːm⁵⁵/

Etymology 1

		grass; straw	mark
trad. (草簽)		草	簽
simp. (草签)		草	签

Noun

草簽

1. wisp of straw attached to an item for sale

Synonyms

• 草標／草标 (cǎobiāo)

Etymology 2

		draft	to sign
trad. (草簽)		草	簽
simp. (草签)		草	签

Verb

草簽

1. to initial (a contract)