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柴草

柴草

Chinese

		firewood	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
simp. and trad. (柴草)		柴	草

Noun

柴草

(literary) kindling wood and straw (for starting a fire)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): cháicǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄞˊ ㄘㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caai⁴ cou²
Min Nan (POJ): chhâ-chháu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: cháicǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄞˊ ㄘㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chairtsao
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: caai⁴ cou²
  - Yale: chàaih chóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai⁴ tsou²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑːi̯²¹ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhâ-chháu
  - Tâi-lô: tshâ-tsháu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhazhao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰaʊ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰa¹³⁻²² t͡sʰaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰa²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰa²³⁻³³ t͡sʰaʊ⁴¹/