柴草

Chinese

		firewood	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (柴草)		柴	草
simp. #(柴草)		柴	草

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cháicǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄞˊ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caai⁴ cou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhâ-chháu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cháicǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄞˊ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cháicǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻai²-tsʻao³
    • Yale: chái-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chairtsao
    • Palladius: чайцао (čajcao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caai⁴ cou²
    • Yale: chàaih chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai⁴ tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cai⁴ cou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːi̯²¹ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhâ-chháu
    • Tâi-lô: tshâ-tsháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhazhao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰa¹³⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰa²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰa²³⁻³³ t͡sʰau⁴¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 柴草

1. (literary, Southern Min) kindling wood and straw (for starting a fire)

Synonyms

• 柴禾 (cháihé)
• 柴火 (cháihuo)
• 木柴 (mùchái)
• (Hakka) 木樵 (muk-chhèu)
• 木材 (mùcái)
• 木料 (mùliào)
• 木頭／木头 (mùtou)

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