蟲草

蟲草

Chinese

		animal; insect	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (蟲草)		蟲	草
simp. (虫草)		虫	草
anagram		草蟲／草虫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chóngcǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴ cou²
• Min Nan (POJ): thâng-chháu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chóngcǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chorngtsao
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chóngcǎo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung⁴ cou²
    • Yale: chùhng chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴ tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴ cou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâng-chháu
    • Tâi-lô: thâng-tsháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tangzhao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰaŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰaʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰaŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰaʊ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰaŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sʰaʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰaŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰaʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰaŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰaʊ⁴¹/

Noun

蟲草

1. Short for 冬蟲夏草／冬虫夏草 (dōngchóngxiàcǎo, “caterpillar fungus”).