牆頭草
See also: 墙头草
Chinese
wall | grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty | ||
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trad. (牆頭草) | 牆頭 | 草 | |
simp. (墙头草) | 墙头 | 草 | |
Literally: “grass on top of a wall (which sways with every gust of wind)”. |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄘㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ciángtóucǎo
- Wade–Giles: chʻiang2-tʻou2-tsʻao3
- Yale: chyáng-tóu-tsǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyangtourtsao
- Palladius: цянтоуцао (cjantoucao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄡˊㄦ ㄘㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ciángtóurcǎo
- Wade–Giles: chʻiang2-tʻou2-ʼrh-tsʻao3
- Yale: chyáng-tóur-tsǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyangtourltsao
- Palladius: цянтоурцао (cjantourcao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: coeng4 tau4 cou2
- Yale: chèuhng tàuh chóu
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng4 tau4 tsou2
- Guangdong Romanization: cêng4 teo4 cou2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 牆頭草
- fence-sitter; a person who bends with the wind