柔荑

Chinese

		soft	to weed; (grass)
simp. and trad. (柔荑)		柔	荑

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): róutí

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˊ ㄊㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ tai⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: róutí
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˊ ㄊㄧˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: routyi
  - IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯³⁵ tʰi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau⁴ tai⁴
  - Yale: yàuh tàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ tai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ tei⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ tʰɐi̯²¹/

Noun

柔荑

(literary) bud of the cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica)
- 手如柔荑。膚如凝脂。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  手如柔荑。肤如凝脂。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Shǒu rú róutí. Fū rú níngzhī. [Pinyin]
  Her fingers were like the blades of the young white-grass;
  Her skin was like congealed ointment;
(literary, by extension) bud; shoot
(literary, figuratively) soft and beautiful hand of a woman

Derived terms

手如柔荑

柔荑花序

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