草根

Chinese

		grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty	radical (chem.); root; basis
trad. (草根)		草	根
simp. #(草根)		草	根

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎogēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄍㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² gan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhó-kîn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chháu-kun / chháu-kin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎogēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄍㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎogen
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-kên¹
    • Yale: tsǎu-gēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaogen
    • Palladius: цаогэнь (caogɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kən⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎogēnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄍㄣㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎogenr
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-kên¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: tsǎu-gēnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaogel
    • Palladius: цаогэньр (caogɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kəɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou² gan¹
    • Yale: chóu gān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² gan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou² gen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ kɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhó-kîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: co^ˋ gin^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: co³ gin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo³¹ kin²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-kun
    • Tâi-lô: tsháu-kun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhaw'kwn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kun³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-kin
    • Tâi-lô: tsháu-kin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhaw'kyn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kin⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 草根

1. (literally) grass root
2. (figurative) grass roots (people and society at the local (most basic) level)

Synonyms

• (grass roots): 基層／基层 (jīcéng)

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 草根

1. (attributive) grass-roots