乾草

See also: 干草

Chinese

		dry; clean; male dry; clean; male; strong; one of the Eight Trigrams; surname	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (乾草)		乾	草
simp. (干草)		干	草

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāncǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gon¹ cou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāncǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gancǎo
    • Wade–Giles: kan¹-tsʻao³
    • Yale: gān-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gantsao
    • Palladius: ганьцао (ganʹcao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gon¹ cou²
    • Yale: gōn chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gon¹ tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gon¹ cou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/

Noun

乾草

1. hay (grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (乾草):

• → Japanese: 乾(かん)草(そう) (kansō)
• → Korean: 건초(乾草) (geoncho)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
乾	草
かん Grade: S	そう Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かんそー [kàńsóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kã̠ɰ̃so̞ː]

Noun

乾(かん)草(そう) • (kansō) ^{←かんさう (kansau)?}

1. hay; dry grass

   Synonym: 干し草 (hoshikusa)

Korean

Hanja in this term
乾	草

Noun

乾草 • (geoncho) (hangeul 건초)

1. Hanja form^? of 건초 (“hay; dry grass”).