水草

Chinese

		water; river	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (水草)		水	草
simp. #(水草)		水	草

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 水草

1. (literally) water and grass
2. water plant; aquatic plants
3. (Malaysia, Singapore) drinking straw

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 吸管 (“drinking straw”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		吸管
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	吸管兒
	Taiwan	吸管
	Malaysia	吸管, 水草
	Singapore	吸管, 水草
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	吸管兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	吸管, 飲筒
	Hong Kong	飲筒, 飲管
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	水草
	Ipoh (Guangfu)	水草
	Singapore (Guangfu)	水草
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	唶管
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	唰管
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	嗍管
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	吸管
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	唰管仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	唶管
	Sabah (Bao'an)	水草
Southern Min	Quanzhou	蔥管
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	嗍栱
	Kaohsiung	嗍栱
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	嗍栱
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	嗍栱
	Yilan (Toucheng)	嗍栱
	Tainan (Anping)	嗍栱
	Penghu (Xiyu)	嗍栱
	Penang (Hokkien)	嗍草
	Singapore (Hokkien)	水草
	Manila (Hokkien)	嗍栱
Wu	Shanghai	吸管
	Wenzhou	皮管

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
水	草
すい Grade: 1	そう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

水(すい)草(そう) • (suisō) 

1. water plant

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
水	草
みず Grade: 1	くさ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Noun

水(みず)草(くさ) • (mizukusa) 

1. water plant