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草稿

草稿

Chinese

		grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty	manuscript; draft; stalk of grain
simp. and trad. (草稿)		草	稿

Noun

草稿

rough draft; sketch; outline (Classifier: 篇 m)

See also

文稿 (wéngǎo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
草	稿
そう Grade: 1	こう Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

草稿 ‎(hiragana そうこう, romaji sōkō)

notes, draft

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): cǎogǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄍㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² gou²
Min Nan (POJ): chháu-kó / chhó-kó

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: cǎogǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄍㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaogao
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cou² gou²
  - Yale: chóu góu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² gou²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ kou̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-kó / chhó-kó
  - Tâi-lô: tsháu-kó / tshó-kó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhaw'koir, zhoy'koir
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɤ⁵³/, /t͡sʰɤ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɤ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰaʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kɤ⁵⁵⁴/, /t͡sʰɤ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kɤ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɤ⁵³/, /t͡sʰɤ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɤ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ko⁵³/, /t͡sʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ko⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰaʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɤ⁴¹/, /t͡sʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɤ⁴¹/