草稿

草稿

Chinese

		grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty	manuscript; draft; stalk of grain
trad. (草稿)		草	稿
simp. #(草稿)		草	稿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎogǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄍㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² gou²
• Min Nan (POJ): chhó-kó / chháu-kó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: cǎogǎo [Phonetic: cáogǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄍㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaogao
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou² gou²
    • Yale: chóu góu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² gou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou² gou²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ kou̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhó-kó
    • Tâi-lô: tshó-kó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoy'koir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ko⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɤ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡sʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ko⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-kó
    • Tâi-lô: tsháu-kó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhaw'koir
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰaʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɤ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ko⁵³/

Noun

草稿

1. rough draft; sketch; outline (Classifier: 篇 m)

Synonyms

• 初稿 (chūgǎo)
• 底子 (dǐzi)
• 文稿 (wéngǎo)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
草	稿
そう Grade: 1	こう Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

草稿 (hiragana そうこう, rōmaji sōkō)

1. notes, draft