仙草

仙草

Chinese

		immortal	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (仙草)		仙	草
simp. #(仙草)		仙	草

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāncǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ cou²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siên-chhó
• Min Nan (POJ): sian-chháu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiāncǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiantsao
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siancǎo
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕjɛn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ cou²
    • Yale: sīn chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ cou²
    • IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên-chhó
    • Hakka Romanization System: xien´ co`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xian¹ co³
    • IPA: /ɕi̯en²⁴ t͡sʰo³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-chháu
    • Tâi-lô: sian-tsháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sienzhao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰaʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɛn³³ t͡sʰaʊ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰaʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰaʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰaʊ⁴¹/

Noun

仙草

1. (mythology) magical grass
2. Chinese mesona (Platostoma palustre), plant used to make grass jelly
3. grass jelly

Derived terms

仙草蜜