牆頭草

牆頭草

See also: 墙头草

Chinese

			grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (牆頭草)		牆頭	草
simp. (墙头草)		墙头	草
Literally: “grass on top of a wall (which sways with every gust of wind)”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiángtóucǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴ tau⁴ cou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiángtóucǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyangtourtsao
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiángtóurcǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄡˊㄦ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyangtourltsao
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ tʰɤʊɻʷ³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: coeng⁴ tau⁴ cou²
    • Yale: chèuhng tàuh chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴ tau⁴ tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴ teo⁴ cou²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰœ̽ːŋ²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/

Idiom

牆頭草

1. fence-sitter; a person who bends with the wind