枯草

Chinese

		withered; dried up	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (枯草)		枯	草
simp. #(枯草)		枯	草

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kūcǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹ cou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kūcǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kucǎo
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu¹-tsʻao³
    • Yale: kū-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kutsao
    • Palladius: куцао (kucao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu¹ cou²
    • Yale: fū chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹ tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu¹ cou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khu tshawX

Rime
Character	枯	草
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	苦胡切	采老切
Baxter	khu	tshawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuo/	/t͡sʰɑuX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰuo/	/t͡sʰɑuX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰo/	/t͡sʰɑuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɔ/	/t͡sʰawX/
Li Rong	/kʰo/	/t͡sʰɑuX/
Wang Li	/kʰu/	/t͡sʰɑuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰuo/	/t͡sʰɑuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kū	cǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fu1	cou2

Noun

枯草

1. withered grass; dry grass

Derived terms

• 夏枯草 (xiàkūcǎo)
• 枯草桿菌／枯草杆菌
• 枯草熱／枯草热 (kūcǎorè)
• 枯草芽孢桿菌／枯草芽孢杆菌 (kūcǎo yábāo-gānjūn)