鋤草

Chinese

		a hoe; to hoe or dig; to weed a hoe; to hoe or dig; to weed; get rid of	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (鋤草)		鋤	草
simp. (锄草)		锄	草

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chúcǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˊ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co⁴ cou²
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): co⁵ cao²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chúcǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˊ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chúcǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu²-tsʻao³
    • Yale: chú-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwutsao
    • Palladius: чуцао (čucao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 鋤草／锄草 除草

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: co⁴ cou²
    • Yale: chòh chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso⁴ tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: co⁴ cou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː²¹ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: co⁵ cao²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshô tsháu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰau⁵²/

Verb

鋤草

1. to weed; to remove weeds

Synonyms

• 㔊草 (Hokkien)
• 扯草 (cha³ cau³) (Xiang)
• 拔草 (bácǎo)
• 掹草 (mang¹ cou²) (Cantonese)
• 薅草 (hāocǎo)
• 除草 (chúcǎo)