草原

Chinese

		grass	plain
trad. (草原)		草	原
simp. #(草原)		草	原

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎoyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² jyun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhó-ngièn / chhó-ngiàn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chháu-goân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎoyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎoyuán
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-yüan²
    • Yale: tsǎu-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaoyuan
    • Palladius: цаоюань (caojuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou² jyun⁴
    • Yale: chóu yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou² yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ jyːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhó-ngièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: co` ngienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: co<sup>3</sup> ngian<sup>2</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo³¹ ŋi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhó-ngiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: co` ngianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: co³ ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo³¹ ŋi̯an¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-goân
    • Tâi-lô: tsháu-guân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhaw'goaan
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡuan¹³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 草原

1. grassland; prairie; steppe; savanna

Synonyms

• 草場／草场 (cǎochǎng)
• 草地 (cǎodì)
• (Min Nan) 草埔

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (草原):

• → Japanese: 草原(そうげん) (sōgen)
• → Korean: 초원(草原) (chowon)
• → Vietnamese: thảo nguyên (草原)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] .

Kanji in this term
草	原
そう Grade: 1	げん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

草(そう)原(げん) • (sōgen) 

1. grassland, meadow
   • 2014 March 8, “ルイーズ [Louise]”, in 決闘王の記憶　決闘者の王国編 [Memories of the Duel King: Duelist Kingdom Arc], Konami:

     体(からだ)は小(ちい)さいが、草(そう)原(げん)での守(しゅ)備(び)力(りょく)はかなり強(つよ)い。

     Karada wa chīsai ga, sōgen de no shubiryoku wa kanari tsuyoi.

     It may be small, but its defense strength is considerable in grasslands.

2. steppe
3. savanna
4. prairie

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
草	原
くさ Grade: 1	はら Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Noun

草(くさ)原(はら) • (kusahara) 

1. grassland, meadow

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
草	原

Noun

草原 • (chowon) (hangeul 초원)

1. Hanja form^? of 초원 (“grassland”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
草	原

Noun

草原

1. chữ Hán form of thảo nguyên (“grassland; steppe”).