草芥

Chinese

		grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty	mustard
simp. and trad. (草芥)		草	芥

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cǎojiè

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² gaai³
Min Nan (POJ): chhó-kài / chhó͘-kài

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: cǎojiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaojieh
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cou² gaai³
  - Yale: chóu gaai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² gaai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: cou² gai³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ kɑːi̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhó-kài
  - Tâi-lô: tshó-kài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhoy'kaix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kaɪ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kaɪ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhó͘-kài
  - Tâi-lô: tshóo-kài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhofkaix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kaɪ⁴¹/

Noun

草芥

(literary) something small and insignificant; trifle

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.