草藥

See also: 草药

Chinese

		grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty	medicine; drug; cure
trad. (草藥)		草	藥
simp. (草药)		草	药
anagram		藥草／药草

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎoyào

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² joek⁶
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): cau³ yog⁶
• Jin (Wiktionary): cau² ieh⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chháu-io̍h

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cao² ioh⁸

• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): cau³ io⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎoyào
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎoyào
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-yao⁴
    • Yale: tsǎu-yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaoyaw
    • Palladius: цаояо (caojao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou² joek⁶
    • Yale: chóu yeuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² joek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou² yêg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ jœːk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: cau³ yog⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰau³¹ iɔk̚⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: cau² ieh⁴
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰau⁵³ iəʔ²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-io̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tsháu-io̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhawioih
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ioʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ioʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ioʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ioʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iɤʔ⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cao² ioh⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsháu io̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰau⁵²⁻³⁵ ioʔ⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: cau³ io⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɒu̯⁴¹ i̯o²⁴/

Noun

草藥

1. herbal medicine

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 山草藥／山草药
• (Xiang) 草藥子／草药子

Derived terms

• 中草藥 / 中草药 (zhōngcǎoyào)