草擬

Chinese

		grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty	plan to
trad. (草擬)		草	擬
simp. (草拟)		草	拟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎonǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄋㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² ji⁵, cou² ji⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhó-gí / chháu-gí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎonǐ [Phonetic: cáonǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄋㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎonǐ
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-ni³
    • Yale: tsǎu-nǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaonii
    • Palladius: цаони (caoni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ni²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou² ji⁵, cou² ji⁴
    • Yale: chóu yíh, chóu yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² ji⁵, tsou² ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou² yi⁵, cou² yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ jiː¹³/, /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ jiː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhó-gí
    • Tâi-lô: tshó-gí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoy'gie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡi⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-gí
    • Tâi-lô: tsháu-gí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhaw'gie
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡi⁴¹/

Verb

草擬

1. to draft; to draw up (a plan)

Synonyms

• 擬／拟 (nǐ)
• 草創／草创 (cǎochuàng) (literary)
• 起草 (qǐcǎo)