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起草

起草

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
simp. and trad. (起草)		起	草

Verb

起草

to draft; to draw up

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): qǐcǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄘㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² cou²
Min Nan (POJ): khí-chhó

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: qǐcǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄘㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiitsao
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei² cou²
  - Yale: héi chóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei² tsou²
  - IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-chhó
  - Tâi-lô: khí-tshó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qyzhoir
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɤ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰɤ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɤ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰo⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɤ⁴¹/