草創

See also: 草创

Chinese

		grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty	begin; initiate; inaugurate begin; initiate; inaugurate; start; create; a wound; cut; injury; trauma
trad. (草創)		草	創
simp. (草创)		草	创

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎochuàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄔㄨㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² cong³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhó-chhòng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎochuàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄔㄨㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎochuàng
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-chʻuang⁴
    • Yale: tsǎu-chwàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaochuanq
    • Palladius: цаочуан (caočuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou² cong³
    • Yale: chóu chong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² tsong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou² cong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ t͡sʰɔːŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhó-chhòng
    • Tâi-lô: tshó-tshòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoyzhoxng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰɔŋ⁴¹/

Verb

草創

1. (literary) to set about building; to begin to build

   帝圖草創，皇業初開。功高佐命，業贊雲雷。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   帝图草创，皇业初开。功高佐命，业赞云雷。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   Dì tú cǎochuàng, huángyè chū kāi. Gōng gāo zuǒmìng, yè zàn yúnléi. [Pinyin]

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2. (literary) to draft; to draw up

Synonyms

• (to draft): 擬／拟 (nǐ), 起草 (qǐcǎo)