草蟲

Chinese

	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty	animal; insect
trad. (草蟲)	草	蟲
simp. (草虫)	草	虫
anagram	蟲草／虫草

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cǎochóng

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² cung⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chháu-thâng / chhó-thiông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cǎochóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǎochóng
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-chʻung²
  - Yale: tsǎu-chúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaochorng
  - Palladius: цаочун (caočun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cǎochóngr
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄔㄨㄥˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǎochóngr
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-chʻung²-ʼrh
  - Yale: tsǎu-chúngr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaochorngl
  - Palladius: цаочунр (caočunr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊ̃ɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: cou² cung⁴
  - Yale: chóu chùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² tsung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cou² cung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    草叢／草丛
    草蟲／草虫
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-thâng
  - Tâi-lô: tsháu-thâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhaw'taang
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰaŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰaŋ²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhó-thiông
  - Tâi-lô: tshó-thiông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhoy'tioong
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰiɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiɔŋ²⁴/

Noun

草蟲

grass insect
grass-and-insect painting