草蜢

Chinese

 
grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
simp. and trad.
(草蜢)
alt. forms 草⿰虫芉

Pronunciation


Note: chháu-meh - usually with 仔 in Taiwan, chháu-nih - also in Tong'an (usually with 仔), chháu-mé - unknown Taiwanese dialect.

Noun

草蜢

  1. (Cantonese, Min Nan, Hakka) grasshopper; locust
  2. (Min Nan) a child who bothers and harasses others

Synonyms

  • (grasshopper):
    • (chiefly Mandarin) 蚱蜢 (zhàměng)
    • (Min Nan) 草蜢仔, 草蜢公, 草蜢仔公

Derived terms

References

  • Governor-General of Taiwan (1931–1932), Ogawa Naoyoshi, editor, 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese and Min Nan), volume 1, Taihoku: 同府 [Dōfu], OCLC 25747241, pages 602,5,6.
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