草民

Chinese

		grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty	the people; nationality; citizen
trad. (草民)		草	民
simp. ^#(草民)		草	民
Literally: “grass people”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cǎomín

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² man⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cǎomín
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǎomín
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-min²
  - Yale: tsǎu-mín
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaomin
  - Palladius: цаоминь (caominʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ min³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cou² man⁴
  - Yale: chóu màhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² man⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cou² men⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ mɐn²¹/

Noun

草民

(the worthless) ordinary people; commoner; plebeian; civilian; everyday person; person of humble birth

Synonyms

一般人 (yībānrén)
世人 (shìrén)
世間人／世间人 (Hokkien)
人士 (rénshì) (literary)
人民 (rénmín)
人群 (rénqún)
人萌 (rénméng) (literary)
俗人 (súrén)
俗子 (súzǐ) (literary)
𫣆人 (Hakka)
兆民 (zhàomín) (archaic)
公眾／公众 (gōngzhòng)
凡人 (fánrén)
凡夫 (fánfū) (literary)
匹夫 (pǐfū) (literary)
四眾人／四众人 (Teochew)
士人 (shìrén) (archaic)
大眾／大众 (dàzhòng)
子民 (zǐmín) (historical)
家人 (jiārén) (archaic)
布衣 (bùyī) (historical)
常人 (chángrén)
平人 (píngrén) (literary)
平常人 (píngchángrén)
平民 (píngmín)
庶人 (shùrén) (literary)
庶民 (shùmín) (literary)
斯人 (sīrén) (Classical Chinese)
普通人 (pǔtōngrén)
民人 (mínrén) (literary)
民眾／民众 (mínzhòng)
烝民 (zhēngmín) (literary)
白衣 (báiyī) (historical)
白衣人 (báiyīrén) (historical)
白身 (báishēn) (archaic)
白身人 (báishēnrén) (archaic)
百姓
眾人／众人 (zhòngrén) (literary)
萬姓／万姓 (wànxìng) (archaic)
群眾／群众 (qúnzhòng)
老百姓 (lǎobǎixìng)
良人 (liángrén) (literary)
草菅 (cǎojiān) (Classical Chinese, figurative)
草野 (cǎoyě) (literary, figurative)
萌 (literary)
野人 (yěrén) (archaic)
黎庶 (líshù) (literary)
黎民 (límín) (literary)
黎首 (líshǒu) (archaic)
黔首 (qiánshǒu) (archaic)

Derived terms

一介草民

Pronoun

草民

(historical, humble, self-deprecatory) I (used by a commoner when addressing the emperor or an official)

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