嗍草

嗍草

Chinese

			grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (嗍草)		嗍	草
simp. #(嗍草)		嗍	草
variant forms		欶草 吸草

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): soh-chháu

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soh-chháu
    • Tâi-lô: soh-tsháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soihzhao
    • IPA (Penang): /so(ʔ)³⁻⁴ t͡sʰaʊ⁴⁴⁵/

Noun

嗍草

1. (Malaysia Hokkien) drinking straw

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 吸管 (“drinking straw”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		吸管
Mandarin	Beijing	吸管兒
	Taiwan	吸管
	Malaysia	水草
	Singapore	水草
Cantonese	Guangzhou	飲筒
	Hong Kong	飲筒, 飲管
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	唶管
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	唶管
Min Nan	Taipei	嗍管
	Penang	嗍草
Wu	Shanghai	吸管
	Wenzhou	皮管