草蜢

Chinese

		grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (草蜢)		草	蜢
simp. #(草蜢)		草	蜢
alternative forms		草⿰虫芉 草蛨 草蟒 草螟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎoměng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄇㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² maang^5-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhó-máng / chhó-mak / chhó-màng
• Eastern Min (BUC): chāng-māng / chāu-māng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chháu-meh / chháu-muih / chháu-meeh / chháu-neh / chháu-nih / chháu-mih / chháu-mé

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cao² mên²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎoměng [Phonetic: cáoměng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄇㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎoměng
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-mêng³
    • Yale: tsǎu-měng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaomeeng
    • Palladius: цаомэн (caomɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou² maang^5-2
    • Yale: chóu máang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² maang^5-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou² mang^5-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ maːŋ¹³⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhó-máng / chhó-mak
    • Hakka Romanization System: co` mang` / co` mag`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: co³ mang³ / co³ mag⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo³¹ maŋ³¹/, /t͡sʰo³¹ mak̚²/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhó-màng / chhó-mak
    • Hakka Romanization System: co` mangˇ / co` mag`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: co³ mang² / co³ mag⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo³¹ maŋ¹¹/, /t͡sʰo³¹ mak̚²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chāng-māng / chāu-māng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaŋ³³⁻³⁵ maŋ³³/, /t͡sʰau³³⁻³⁵ maŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-meh
    • Tâi-lô: tsháu-meh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhawmeq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mẽʔ³²/
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰau⁴²⁻²⁴ meʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-muih
    • Tâi-lô: tsháu-muih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhawmuiq
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ muĩʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-meeh
    • Tâi-lô: tsháu-meeh
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mɛ̃ʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-neh
    • Tâi-lô: tsháu-neh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhawneq
    • IPA (Yilan): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁵⁵ nẽʔ²/
  • (Hokkien: Lukang, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-nih
    • Tâi-lô: tsháu-nih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhawniq
    • IPA (Lukang): /t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁻³⁵ nĩʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Singapore, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-mih
    • Tâi-lô: tsháu-mih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhawmiq
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mĩʔ³²/
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰau⁴²⁻²⁴ miʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-mé
    • Tâi-lô: tsháu-mé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhawmea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mẽ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cao² mên²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsháu méⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰau⁵²⁻³⁵ mẽ⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

草蜢

1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min) grasshopper; locust
2. (Hokkien) a child who bothers and harasses others

Synonyms

• (grasshopper): 蚱蜢 (zhàměng), 螞蚱／蚂蚱 (màzha); (Hakka, Hokkien) 草蜢仔; (Northern Min) 蘆螞／芦蚂, 蚱螞／蚱蚂; (Hokkien) 草蜢公, 草蜢仔公; (Xiang) 蚱蜢子

Derived terms

• 草蜢弄雞公／草蜢弄鸡公
• 草蜢撩雞公——自尋死路／草蜢撩鸡公——自寻死路
• 草蜢腿

 

References

• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “草蜢”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1], volume 1 (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC, page 602,5,6