草莽

Chinese

		grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty	Illicium anisatum; rude
trad. (草莽)		草	莽
simp. ^#(草莽)		草	莽
anagram		莽草

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cǎomǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄇㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² mong⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cǎomǎng [Phonetic: cáomǎng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄇㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǎomǎng
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-mang³
  - Yale: tsǎu-mǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaomaang
  - Palladius: цаоман (caoman)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cou² mong⁵
  - Yale: chóu móhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² mong⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: cou² mong⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ mɔːŋ¹³/

Noun

草莽

(literary) thick growth of grass; underbrush; undergrowth
(figurative, obsolete) among the common people

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
草	莽
そう Grade: 1	もう Hyōgaiji

/saumau/ > /soːmoː/.

Noun

草(そう)莽(もう) • (sōmō) ^{←さうまう (saumau)^?}

a place overgrown with grass
one who is not associated with the government; a civilian, commoner

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
草	莽
そう Grade: 1	ぼう Hyōgaiji

/saubau/ > /soːboː/.

Noun

草(そう)莽(ぼう) • (sōbō) ^{←さうばう (saubau)^?}

a place overgrown with grass
one who is not associated with the government; a civilian, commoner

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