草芥

草芥

Chinese

		grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty	Brassica juncea
trad. (草芥)		草	芥
simp. #(草芥)		草	芥

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎojiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² gaai³
• Min Nan (POJ): chhó-kài / chhó͘-kài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: cǎojiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaojieh
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou² gaai³
    • Yale: chóu gaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² gaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou² gai³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ käːi̯³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhó-kài
    • Tâi-lô: tshó-kài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoy'kaix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kaɪ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kaɪ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhó͘-kài
    • Tâi-lô: tshóo-kài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhofkaix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kaɪ⁴¹/

Noun

草芥

1. (literary) something small and insignificant; trifle