豚草

Chinese

		suckling pig	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (豚草)		豚	草
simp. #(豚草)		豚	草

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): túncǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄣˊ ㄘㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: túncǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄣˊ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: túncǎo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻun²-tsʻao³
    • Yale: twún-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twentsao
    • Palladius: туньцао (tunʹcao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ən³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

豚草

1. common ragweed

Japanese

Kanji in this term
豚	草
ぶた Grade: S	くさ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 豚(ぶた) (buta, “pig”) + 草(くさ) (kusa, “grass”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぶたくさ [bùtákúsá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ta̠kɯ̟̊sa̠]

Noun

豚(ぶた)草(くさ) or 豚草(ブタクサ) • (butakusa) 

1. common ragweed

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).