毒草

毒草

Chinese

		poison; narcotics	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (毒草)		毒	草
simp. #(毒草)		毒	草

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dúcǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ ㄘㄠˇ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thu̍k-chhó
• Min Nan (POJ): to̍k-chháu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dúcǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwutsao
    • IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thu̍k-chhó
    • Hakka Romanization System: tug co`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tug⁶ co³
    • IPA: /tʰuk̚⁵ t͡sʰo³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to̍k-chháu
    • Tâi-lô: to̍k-tsháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dogzhao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰaʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔk̚²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰaʊ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sʰaʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰaʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰaʊ⁴¹/

Noun

毒草

1. poisonous plant
2. harmful speech; harmful writing

Antonyms

• 香花 (xiānghuā)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
毒	草
どく Grade: 4	そう Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 毒草 (duok̚ t͡sʰɑu^X).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) どくそー [dòkúsóó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [do̞kɯ̟̊ᵝso̞ː]

Noun

毒草 (hiragana どくそう, rōmaji dokusō, historical hiragana どくさう)

1. poisonous plant

Derived terms

• 蝿毒草 (はえどくそう) (haedokusō, “lopseed”)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN