柴草

Chinese

		firewood	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (柴草)		柴	草
simp. #(柴草)		柴	草

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cháicǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄞˊ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caai⁴ cou²
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cor² cao³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhâ-chháu
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶za-tshau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cháicǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄞˊ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cháicǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻai²-tsʻao³
    • Yale: chái-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chairtsao
    • Palladius: чайцао (čajcao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caai⁴ cou²
    • Yale: chàaih chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai⁴ tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cai⁴ cou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːi̯²¹ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: cor² cao³ [Phonetic: cor⁵ lao³]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: chó̤-châu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɒ¹³⁻²¹ ^(t͡sʰ-)lau⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: cor² cao³ [Phonetic: cor⁵ lao³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɒ¹³⁻²¹ ^(t͡sʰ-)lau³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhâ-chháu
    • Tâi-lô: tshâ-tsháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhazhao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰa¹³⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰa²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰa²³⁻³³ t͡sʰau⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶za-tshau
    • MiniDict: za^去 tshau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³za-tshau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /za²² t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/

Noun

柴草

1. (literary, Southern Min) kindling wood and straw (for starting a fire)
2. (Shanghainese) straw
3. (Puxian Min) wood; log; timber; lumber

Synonyms

(kindling wood and straw):

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• 劈柴
• 木柴 (mùchái)
• 木樵 (Hakka)
• 柴火 (cháihuo)
• 柴禾 (cháihé)
• 火樵 (hǒ-châu) (Northern Min)
• 硬柴 (Wu)

(wood, timber):

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• 木料 (mùliào)
• 木材 (mùcái)
• 木頭 / 木头 (mùtou)
• 材幹 / 材干 (cáigān) (Classical Chinese)
• 柴塊 / 柴块 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 柴料 (Puxian Min, Hokkien)

See also

• 木材 (mùcái)
• 木料 (mùliào)
• 木頭／木头 (mùtou)

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “柴草”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 107.