稻草人

Chinese

		rice straw	man; person; people
trad. (稻草人)		稻草	人
simp. ^#(稻草人)		稻草	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàocǎorén

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄘㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶ cou² jan⁴, dou⁶ cou² jan^4-2
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiū-chháu-lâng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàocǎorén
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄘㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàocǎorén
  - Wade–Giles: tao⁴-tsʻao³-jên²
  - Yale: dàu-tsǎu-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawtsaoren
  - Palladius: даоцаожэнь (daocaožɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dou⁶ cou² jan⁴, dou⁶ cou² jan^4-2
  - Yale: douh chóu yàhn, douh chóu yán
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ tsou² jan⁴, dou⁶ tsou² jan^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: dou⁶ cou² yen⁴, dou⁶ cou² yen^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² t͡sʰou̯³⁵ jɐn²¹/, /tou̯²² t͡sʰou̯³⁵ jɐn²¹⁻³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiū-chháu-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: tiū-tsháu-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diuxzhawlaang
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiu³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiu³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²³/

Noun

稻草人

scarecrow (Classifier: 個／个 m)
- 那通失去希望，每日醉茫茫，無魂有體親像稻草人？ [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  那通失去希望，每日醉茫茫，无魂有体亲像稻草人？ [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 1988, 葉啟田, 愛拚才會贏
  Ná thang sit-khì hi-bāng, múi-li̍t chùi-bâng-bâng, bô-hûn-ū-thé chhin-chhiūⁿ tiū-chháu-lâng? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  How can you lose hope, get drunk every day, and have a body without a soul just like a scarecrow?
straw man (insubstantial or weakly supported concept, idea, endeavor or argument)
稻草人謬誤／稻草人谬误 ― dàocǎorén miùwù ― straw man fallacy

Derived terms

打稻草人 (dǎ dàocǎorén)

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