野草

Chinese

		field; plain; open space field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; wild	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (野草)		野	草
simp. #(野草)		野	草
anagram		草野

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yěcǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˇ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁵ cou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iá-chháu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yěcǎo [Phonetic: yécǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˇ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yěcǎo
    • Wade–Giles: yeh³-tsʻao³
    • Yale: yě-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeetsao
    • Palladius: ецао (jecao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: je⁵ cou²
    • Yale: yéh chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁵ tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé⁵ cou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː¹³ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iá-chháu
    • Tâi-lô: iá-tsháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iafzhao
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ia⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

野草

1. weed (unwanted plant)

Synonyms

• 荒草 (huāngcǎo)
• 蒿草 (hāocǎo) (literary)
• 雜草／杂草 (zácǎo)

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
野	草
や Grade: 2	そう Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) やそー [yàsóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠so̞ː]

Noun

野(や)草(そう) • (yasō) ^{←やさう (yasau)?}

1. wild grass

See also

• 野(や)菜(さい) (yasai)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
野	草
の Grade: 2	くさ > ぐさ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Noun

野(の)草(ぐさ) or 野草(ノグサ) • (nogusa) 

1. wild grass
2. common bog rush (Schoenus apogon)