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草木

草木

Chinese

		grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty	tree; wood
simp. and trad. (草木)		草	木

Noun

草木

vegetation; plants; greenery

Synonyms

綠色植物／绿色植物 (lǜsè zhíwù)
植被 (zhíbèi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
草	木
Grade: 1	Grade: 1

Noun

草木 ‎(hiragana くさき, romaji kusaki)

vegetation; plants

Related terms

草花 (くさばな) ‎(kusabana)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): cǎomù

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄇㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² muk⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhó-muk
Min Nan (POJ): chháu-bo̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: cǎomù
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄇㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaomuh
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cou² muk⁶
  - Yale: chóu muhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² muk⁹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ mʊk̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhó-muk
  - Hakka Romanization System: co` mug`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: co³ mug⁵
  - IPA: /t͡sʰo³¹ muk̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-bo̍k
  - Tâi-lô: tsháu-bo̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhaw'bok
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰaʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰaʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴/