清草

清草

Chinese

		clear; distinct; complete clear; distinct; complete; pure	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (清草)		清	草
simp. #(清草)		清	草
alternative forms		仙草

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): chhin-chháu

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhin-chháu
    • Tâi-lô: tshin-tsháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chinzhao
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡ɕʰin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰaʊ⁴²/

Noun

清草

1. (Singapore Hokkien) grass jelly

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 仙草凍 (“grass jelly”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Mandarin	Taiwan	仙草凍, 仙草
	Malaysia	涼粉
	Singapore	仙草
Cantonese	Guangzhou	涼粉, 涼粉草
	Hong Kong	涼粉
	Dongguan	涼粉
	Penang (Guangfu)	涼粉
Gan	Lichuan	仙草糕
Hakka	Meixian	仙人粄
Min Nan	Xiamen	青草凍
	Zhangzhou	田草凍, 田草
	Taipei	仙草
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	仙草
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	仙草
	Kaohsiung	仙草
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	田草
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	清草
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	田草
	Yilan	仙草
	Yilan (Toucheng)	田草, 仙草
	Changhua (Lukang)	青草
	Taichung	仙草
	Tainan	田草
	Tainan (Anping)	仙草
	Hsinchu	仙草
	Kinmen	仙草
	Penghu (Magong)	仙草
	Penghu (Xiyu)	仙草
	Penang (Hokkien)	涼粉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	清草
	Shantou	草粿
	Jieyang	草粿
	Singapore (Teochew)	草粿

Descendants

• → English: chin chow
• → Indonesian: cincau
• → Malay: cincau