荒草

Chinese

		out of practice; uncultivated	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (荒草)		荒	草
simp. #(荒草)		荒	草
anagram		草荒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huāngcǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong¹ cou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huāngcǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huangcǎo
    • Wade–Giles: huang¹-tsʻao³
    • Yale: hwāng-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huangtsao
    • Palladius: хуанцао (xuancao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong¹ cou²
    • Yale: fōng chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong¹ tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong¹ cou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/

Noun

荒草

1. weed (unwanted plant)

Synonyms

• 蒿草 (hāocǎo) (literary)
• 野草 (yěcǎo)
• 雜草／杂草 (zácǎo)