草原

Chinese

		grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty	plain
trad. (草原)		草	原
simp. #(草原)		草	原

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎoyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² jyun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhó-ngièn / chhó-ngiàn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chháu-goân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎoyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎoyuán
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-yüan²
    • Yale: tsǎu-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaoyuan
    • Palladius: цаоюань (caojuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou² jyun⁴
    • Yale: chóu yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou² yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ jyːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhó-ngièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: co^ˋ ngien^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: co³ ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo³¹ ŋi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhó-ngiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: co^ˋ ngian^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: co³ ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo³¹ ŋi̯an¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-goân
    • Tâi-lô: tsháu-guân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhaw'goaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡuan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡuan²³/

Noun

草原

1. grassland; prairie; steppe; savanna

   • 草原縱獵床頭臥　酒肆狂歌井-底眠 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 13th century, Il-yeon, Samguk yusa

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 1978, “中華民國頌”, 劉家昌 (lyrics)‎performed by 費玉清 [Fei Yu-ching]:

     青海的草原　一眼看不完 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

     Qīnghǎi de cǎoyuán, yīyǎn kàn bù wán [Pinyin]

     The grasslands of Qinghai cannot be seen at a glance.

Synonyms

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• 乾草原 / 干草原 (gāncǎoyuán)
• 稀樹草原 / 稀树草原 (xīshù cǎoyuán) (savanna)
• 草地 (cǎodì)
• 草埔 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 草場 / 草场 (cǎochǎng)
• 草甸 (cǎodiàn)
• 薩瓦納 / 萨瓦纳 (sàwǎnà) (savanna)

Derived terms

• 大草原
• 稀樹草原 / 稀树草原 (xīshù cǎoyuán)
• 草原三省 (Cǎoyuán sānshěng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (草原):

• → Japanese: 草原(そうげん) (sōgen)
• → Korean: 초원(草原) (chowon)
• → Vietnamese: thảo nguyên (草原)