稻草

稻草

Chinese

		paddy; rice	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (稻草)		稻	草
simp. #(稻草)		稻	草
variant forms		粙草 Min Nan

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàocǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶ cou²
• Min Nan (POJ): tiū-chháu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dàocǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawtsao
    • IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou⁶ cou²
    • Yale: douh chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou⁶ cou²
    • IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiū-chháu
    • Tâi-lô: tiū-tsháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diuxzhao
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiu³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰaʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiu²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰaʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiu³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰaʊ⁴¹/

Noun

稻草

1. rice straw
2. useless thing

Derived terms

稻草人 (dàocǎorén)