香草

Chinese

		fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (香草)		香	草
simp. #(香草)		香	草

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngcǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ cou²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hiông-chhó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngcǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangcǎo
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-tsʻao³
    • Yale: syāng-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangtsao
    • Palladius: сянцао (sjancao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoeng¹ cou²
    • Yale: hēung chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ cou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiông-chhó
    • Hakka Romanization System: hiong´ co`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hiong¹ co³
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯oŋ²⁴ t͡sʰo³¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 香草

1. fragrant herb
2. vanilla
3. ; Vietnamese balm

Synonyms

• (Eslholtzia): 香薷 (xiāngrú), 香茹 (xiāngrú)

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
香	草
こう Grade: 4	そう Grade: 1
on’yomi

Kanji in this term
香	草
か Grade: 4	くさ > ぐさ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Noun

香(こう)草(そう) or 香(か)草(ぐさ) • (kōsō or kagusa) 

1. fragrant herb

See also

• 草(くさ) (kusa)