草本

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎoběn

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄅㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² bun²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chháu-pún / chhó-pún

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎoběn [Phonetic: cáoběn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄅㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎoběn
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-pên³
    • Yale: tsǎu-běn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaobeen
    • Palladius: цаобэнь (caobɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou² bun²
    • Yale: chóu bún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² bun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou² bun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ puːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-pún / chhó-pún
    • Tâi-lô: tsháu-pún / tshó-pún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhaw'puon, zhoy'puon
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pun⁵³/, /t͡sʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pun⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pun⁵⁵⁴/, /t͡sʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pun⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pun⁵³/, /t͡sʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pun⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pun⁵³/, /t͡sʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pun⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pun⁴¹/, /t͡sʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pun⁴¹/

Etymology 1

		grass; herb	root; stem
trad. (草本)		草	本
simp. #(草本)		草	本
anagram		本草

Adjective

草本

1. (botany) herbaceous

Derived terms

• 草本植物 (cǎoběn zhíwù)

Etymology 2

		(of a draft) rough	manuscript
trad. (草本)		草	本
simp. #(草本)		草	本
anagram		本草

Noun

草本

1. draft; sketch