草稿

Chinese

		grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty	manuscript; draft; stalk of grain
trad. (草稿)		草	稿
simp. #(草稿)		草	稿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): cǎogǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄍㄠˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): cao³ gao³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² gou²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhó-kó / chháu-kó

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cao² go²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎogǎo [Phonetic: cáogǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄍㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎogǎo
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-kao³
    • Yale: tsǎu-gǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaogao
    • Palladius: цаогао (caogao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎogǎor [Phonetic: cáogǎor]
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄍㄠˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎogǎor
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-kao³-ʼrh
    • Yale: tsǎu-gǎur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaogaol
    • Palladius: цаогаор (caogaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kaʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: cao³ gao³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: caogao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰau⁵³ kau⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou² gou²
    • Yale: chóu góu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² gou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou² gou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ kou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhó-kó
    • Tâi-lô: tshó-kó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoy'koir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ko⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɤ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡sʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ko⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-kó
    • Tâi-lô: tsháu-kó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhaw'koir
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ko⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɤ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cao² go²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsháu kó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰau⁵²⁻³⁵ ko⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

草稿

1. rough draft; sketch; outline (Classifier: 篇 m)

Synonyms

• 初稿 (chūgǎo)
• 底子 (dǐzi)
• 文稿 (wéngǎo)
• 稿 (gǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
• 稿子 (gǎozi)
• 草底 (cǎodǐ) (colloquial)

 

Derived terms

• 吹牛不打草稿 (chuīniú bù dǎ cǎogǎo)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
草	稿
そう Grade: 1	こう Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

草(そう)稿(こう) • (sōkō) 

1. notes, draft