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稻草

稻草

Chinese

		paddy; rice	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
simp. and trad. (稻草)		稻	草

Noun

稻草

rice straw
useless thing

Derived terms

稻草人 (dàocǎorén)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): dàocǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄘㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶ cou²
Min Nan (POJ): tiū-chháu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: dàocǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄘㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawtsao
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dou⁶ cou²
  - Yale: douh chóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ tsou²
  - IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiū-chháu
  - Tâi-lô: tiū-tsháu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diuxzhao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiu²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiu⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰaʊ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiu²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiu³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiu³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰaʊ⁴¹/