草根

Chinese

		grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty	radical (chem.); root; basis
simp. and trad. (草根)		草	根

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cǎogēn

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄍㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² gan¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhó-kîn
Min Nan (POJ): chháu-kin / chháu-kun

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: cǎogēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄍㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaogen
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: cǎogēnr
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄍㄣㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaogel
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kəɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cou² gan¹
  - Yale: chóu gān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² gan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cou² gen¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ kɐn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhó-kîn
  - Hakka Romanization System: co` gin´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: co³ gin¹
  - IPA: /t͡sʰo³¹ kin²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-kin / chháu-kun
  - Tâi-lô: tsháu-kin / tsháu-kun
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhaw'kyn, zhaw'kwn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kin⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰaʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kin³³/, /t͡sʰaʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kun³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kin⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kin⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰaʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kin⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰaʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kun⁴⁴/

Noun

草根

(literally) grass root
(figuratively) grass roots (people and society at the local (most basic) level)

Adjective

草根

(attributive) grass-roots

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