芝草

Chinese

		Zoysia pungens	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (芝草)		芝	草
simp. #(芝草)		芝	草

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhīcǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄘㄠˇ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chi-chhó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhīcǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihcǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-tsʻao³
    • Yale: jr̄-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jytsao
    • Palladius: чжицао (čžicao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi-chhó
    • Tâi-lô: tsi-tshó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cizhoir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰo⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si³³ t͡sʰo⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰo⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰo⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰɤ⁴¹/

Noun

芝草

1. synonym of 靈芝 / 灵芝 (língzhī, “lingzhi”)

Derived terms

• 芝草無根 / 芝草无根
• 芝草無根，醴泉無源 / 芝草无根，醴泉无源

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
芝	草
しば Grade: S	くさ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

芝(しば) (shiba) + 草(くさ) (kusa)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しばくさ [shìbákúsá] (Heiban – [0]) (noun)
• (Tokyo) しばくさ [shìbáꜜkùsà] (Nakadaka – [2]) (surname)
• IPA^(key): [ɕiba̠kɯ̟̊sa̠]

Noun

芝(しば)草(くさ) • (shibakusa) ^{←しばくさ (sibakusa)?}

1. synonym of 芝 (shiba, “grass”)
   • 1918, 室生犀星, “秋思”, in 抒情小曲集秋思‎, 青空文庫:

     わがこのごろのうれひは
     ふるさとの公園(こうゑん)のくれがたを歩(あゆ)む
     芝草(しばくさ)はあつきびろうど
     いろふかぶかと空(そら)もまがへり

     waga konogoro no urei wa
     furusato no kōen no kuregata o ayumu
     shibakusa wa atsuki birōdo
     iro fukabuka to sora mo magaeri

     (please add an English translation of this example)

Proper noun

芝(しば)草(くさ) • (Shibakusa) ^{←しばくさ (Sibakusa)?}

1. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
芝	草
し Grade: S	そう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しそー [shìsóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕiso̞ː]

Noun

芝(し)草(そう) • (shisō) ^{←しさう (sisau)?}

1. synonym of 芝 (shiba, “grass”)
2. synonym of 万年茸 (mannentake, “reishi”)