茅草

Chinese

		thatch	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (茅草)		茅	草
simp. #(茅草)		茅	草

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máocǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maau⁴ cou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mâu-chháu / bâu-chháu / hm̂-chháu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máocǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máocǎo
    • Wade–Giles: mao²-tsʻao³
    • Yale: máu-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mautsao
    • Palladius: маоцао (maocao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maau⁴ cou²
    • Yale: màauh chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maau⁴ tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mao⁴ cou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːu̯²¹ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mâu-chháu
    • Tâi-lô: mâu-tsháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mauzhao
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mãu²³⁻³³ t͡sʰau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mãu¹³⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mãu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mãu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâu-chháu
    • Tâi-lô: bâu-tsháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bauzhao
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bau²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hm̂-chháu
    • Tâi-lô: hm̂-tsháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hmzhao
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hm̩²³⁻³³ t͡sʰau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hm̩²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰau⁵³/

Noun

茅草

1. cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica)

Synonyms

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• 白茅 (báimáo)
• 茅 (máo)
• 茅仔草 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 茅根 (máogēn)
• 茅針 / 茅针 (máozhēn)

Derived terms

• 茅草坳 (Máocǎo'ào)
• 茅草棚

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (茅草):

• → Korean: 모초(茅草) (mocho)