仙草

Chinese

		immortal	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
simp. and trad. (仙草)		仙	草

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiāncǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄘㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ cou²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siên-chhó
Min Nan (POJ): sian-chháu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiāncǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄘㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiantsao
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sin¹ cou²
  - Yale: sīn chóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ tsou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ cou²
  - IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên-chhó
  - Hakka Romanization System: xien´ co`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xian¹ co³
  - IPA: /ɕi̯en²⁴ t͡sʰo³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-chháu
  - Tâi-lô: sian-tsháu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sienzhao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɛn³³ t͡sʰaʊ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰaʊ⁴¹/

Noun

仙草

(mythology) magical grass
Chinese mesona (Platostoma palustre), plant used to make grass jelly
grass jelly

Derived terms

仙草蜜

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