夏枯草
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[edit]summer; Xia (proper name) | withered; dried up | grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty | ||
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trad. (夏枯草) | 夏 | 枯 | 草 | |
simp. #(夏枯草) | 夏 | 枯 | 草 |
Etymology
[edit]Literally, "summer-withering grass," so named because it is known to wither shortly after the summer solstice.
Pronunciation
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- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): haa6 fu1 cou2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hē-ko͘-chháu
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄎㄨ ㄘㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siàkucǎo
- Wade–Giles: hsia4-kʻu1-tsʻao3
- Yale: syà-kū-tsǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahkutsao
- Palladius: сякуцао (sjakucao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ kʰu⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: haa6 fu1 cou2
- Yale: hah fū chóu
- Cantonese Pinyin: haa6 fu1 tsou2
- Guangdong Romanization: ha6 fu1 cou2
- Sinological IPA (key): /haː²² fuː⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hē-ko͘-chháu
- Tâi-lô: hē-koo-tsháu
- Phofsit Daibuun: hexkozhao
- IPA (Xiamen): /he²²⁻²¹ kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /he⁴¹⁻²² kɔ³³ t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /he²²⁻²¹ kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /he³³⁻¹¹ kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰau⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /he³³⁻²¹ kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰau⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
[edit]夏枯草