初稿

Chinese

		initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic	manuscript; draft; stalk of grain
simp. and trad. (初稿)		初	稿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūgǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄍㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co¹ gou²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chho͘-kó

  (Teochew, Peng'im): co¹ go²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūgǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄍㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chugǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-kao³
    • Yale: chū-gǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chugao
    • Palladius: чугао (čugao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: co¹ gou²
    • Yale: chō góu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso¹ gou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: co¹ gou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ kou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chho͘-kó
    • Tâi-lô: tshoo-kó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zho'koir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴⁻²² ko⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔ³³ ko⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴⁻²² ko⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ ko⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɤ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: co¹ go²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsho kó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰo³³⁻²³ ko⁵²/

Noun

初稿

1. first draft

Synonyms

• 底子 (dǐzi)
• 文稿 (wéngǎo)
• 稿 (gǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
• 稿子 (gǎozi)
• 草底 (cǎodǐ) (colloquial)
• 草稿 (cǎogǎo)