起草

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (起草)		起	草
simp. #(起草)		起	草

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐcǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² cou²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khí-chhó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐcǎo [Phonetic: qícǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐcǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-tsʻao³
    • Yale: chǐ-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiitsao
    • Palladius: цицао (cicao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei² cou²
    • Yale: héi chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² cou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-chhó
    • Tâi-lô: khí-tshó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qyzhoir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰo⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰo⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰo⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰo⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɤ⁴¹/

Verb

起草

1. to draft; to draw up

Synonyms

• 擬／拟 (nǐ)
• 草創／草创 (cǎochuàng) (literary)
• 草擬／草拟 (cǎonǐ)