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除草

除草

Chinese

		remove; do away with; wipe out remove; do away with; wipe out; divide; except	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
simp. and trad. (除草)		除	草

Verb

除草

to weed; to pull up or remove the weeds

Derived terms

除草劑／除草剂 (chúcǎojì)

除草機／除草机

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): chúcǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˊ ㄘㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi⁴ cou²
Min Nan (POJ): tî-chháu / tû-chháu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: chúcǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˊ ㄘㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwutsao
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceoi⁴ cou²
  - Yale: chèuih chóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey⁴ tsou²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰɵy̯²¹ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tî-chháu / tû-chháu
  - Tâi-lô: tî-tsháu / tû-tsháu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dizhao, duzhao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ti²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰaʊ⁵³/, /tu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ti²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰaʊ⁵⁵⁴/, /tu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰaʊ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti¹³⁻²² t͡sʰaʊ⁵³/, /tu¹³⁻²² t͡sʰaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ti²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰaʊ⁵³/, /tu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti²³⁻³³ t͡sʰaʊ⁴¹/, /tu²³⁻³³ t͡sʰaʊ⁴¹/