藥草

See also: 药草

Chinese

		medicine; drug; cure	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (藥草)		藥	草
simp. (药草)		药	草
anagram		草藥／草药

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàocǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joek⁶ cou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): io̍h-chháu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàocǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàocǎo
    • Wade–Giles: yao⁴-tsʻao³
    • Yale: yàu-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawtsao
    • Palladius: яоцао (jaocao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joek⁶ cou²
    • Yale: yeuhk chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joek⁹ tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêg⁶ cou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːk̚² t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io̍h-chháu
    • Tâi-lô: io̍h-tsháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioiqzhao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /io(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /io(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /io(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /io(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰau⁴¹/

Noun

藥草

1. herb; medicinal herb

Japanese

Kanji in this term
藥	草
やく Jinmeiyō	そう Grade: 1
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 藥草 – see the following entry.

【薬草やくそう】 [noun] medicinal plants

(This term, 藥草, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)