小米草

Chinese

		hulled grain of foxtail millet	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (小米草)		小米	草
simp. #(小米草)		小米	草

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎomǐcǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧˇ ㄘㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎomǐcǎo [Phonetic: xiáomícǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧˇ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎomǐcǎo
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-mi³-tsʻao³
    • Yale: syǎu-mǐ-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaumiitsao
    • Palladius: сяомицао (sjaomicao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

小米草

1. eyebright

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	米	草
こ Grade: 1	こめ > ごめ Grade: 2	くさ > ぐさ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Literally, “crushed rice grass”, 小米(こごめ) (kogome, “tiny crushed up bits of rice”) + 草(くさ) (kusa, “grass, plant”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞ɡo̞me̞ɡɯ̟sa̠]

Noun

小(こ)米(ごめ)草(ぐさ) • (kogomegusa) 

1. Synonym of 伊吹小米草 (Ibuki kogome-gusa, “Euphrasia insignis subsp. iinumae, a species of eyebright”)

Derived terms

• コゴメグサ属(ゾク) (kogomegusazoku)
• 伊吹小米草(イブキコゴメグサ) (ibuki kogomegusa)
• 苔小米草(コケコゴメグサ) (koke kogomegusa)
• 小葉(コバ)の小米草(コゴメグサ) (koba no kogomegusa)
• 立小米草(タチコゴメグサ) (tachikogomegusa)
• 深山小米草(ミヤマコゴメグサ) (miyama kogomegusa)