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牆頭草

牆頭草

See also: 墙头草

Chinese

			grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (牆頭草)		牆頭	草
simp. (墙头草)		墙头	草
Literally: “grass on top of a wall (which sways with every gust of wind)”.

Idiom

牆頭草

fence-sitter; a person who bends with the wind

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): qiángtóucǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄘㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴ tau⁴ cou²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: qiángtóucǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄘㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyangtourtsao
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: qiángtóurcǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄡˊㄦㄘㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyangtoulrtsao
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ tʰɤʊɻʷ³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: coeng⁴ tau⁴ cou²
  - Yale: chèuhng tàuh chóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴ tau⁴ tsou²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰœːŋ²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/