食草

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (食草)		食	草
simp. #(食草)		食	草
anagram		草食

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shícǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ cou²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̍t-chhó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shícǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhcǎo
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-tsʻao³
    • Yale: shŕ-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrtsao
    • Palladius: шицао (šicao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik⁶ cou²
    • Yale: sihk chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ cou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̍t-chhó
    • Hakka Romanization System: siid co`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sid⁶ co³
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨt̚⁵ t͡sʰo³¹/

Adjective

食草

1. herbivorous

Verb

食草

1. (dialectal) to graze; to browse

Synonyms

• 吃草 (chīcǎo)