賊仔草

Chinese

		thief	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (賊仔草)		賊仔	草
simp. (贼仔草)		贼仔	草

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chha̍t-á-chháu

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chha̍t-á-chháu
    • Tâi-lô: tsha̍t-á-tsháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhad'afzhao
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰat̚⁴⁻³² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁵³/

Noun

賊仔草

1. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) Callicarpa formosana (a species of flowering shrub)

Synonyms

• 紫珠草 (zǐzhūcǎo)
• (Hokkien) 毛蟹木草