草草

草草

Chinese

		grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (草草)		草	草
simp. #(草草)		草	草

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎocǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² cou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎocǎo [Phonetic: cáocǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎocǎo
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-tsʻao³
    • Yale: tsǎu-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaotsao
    • Palladius: цаоцао (caocao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou² cou²
    • Yale: chóu chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou² cou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/

Adverb

草草

1. rashly; hastily; carelessly; roughly

Derived terms

草草了事 (cǎocǎoliǎoshì)

Related terms

• 草率 (cǎoshuài)

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Japanese

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

For pronunciation and definitions of 草草 – see the following entry.

【草々そうそう】 [noun] brevity; rudeness; hurry [noun] sincerely, yours sincerely, sincerely yours (at the end of a letter) [adjective] brief, rude

(This term, 草草, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)