稻草人

Chinese

		rice straw; useless thing	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (稻草人)		稻草	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàocǎorén

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄘㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶ cou² jan⁴, dou⁶ cou² jan^4-2
• Min Nan (POJ): tiū-chháu-lâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dàocǎorén
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄘㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawtsaoren
    • IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou⁶ cou² jan⁴, dou⁶ cou² jan^4-2
    • Yale: douh chóu yàhn, douh chóu yán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ tsou² jan⁴, dou⁶ tsou² jan^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou⁶ cou² yen⁴, dou⁶ cou² yen²
    • IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² t͡sʰou̯³⁵ jɐn²¹/, /tou̯²² t͡sʰou̯³⁵ jɐn²¹⁻³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiū-chháu-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: tiū-tsháu-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diuxzhawlaang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiu³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰaʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiu³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴/

Noun

稻草人

1. scarecrow (Classifier: 個／个 m)

   那通失去希望，每日醉茫茫，無魂有體親像稻草人？ [Taiwanese, trad.]
   那通失去希望，每日醉茫茫，无魂有体亲像稻草人？ [Taiwanese, simp.]

   From: 1988, 葉啟田, 愛拚才會贏

   Ná thang sit-khì hi-bāng, múi-li̍t chùi-bâng-bâng, bô-hûn-ū-thé chhin-chhiūⁿ tiū-chháu-lâng? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   How can you lose hope, get drunk everyday, and have a body without a soul just like a scarecrow?