青草

Chinese

		green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (青草)		青	草
simp. #(青草)		青	草
anagram		草青

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngcǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ cou² / ceng¹ cou²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiâng-chhó
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiⁿ-chháu / chheⁿ-chháu
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹chin-tshau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngcǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingcǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-tsʻao³
    • Yale: chīng-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingtsao
    • Palladius: цинцао (cincao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ cou² / ceng¹ cou²
    • Yale: chīng chóu / chēng chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ tsou² / tseng¹ tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ cou² / céng¹ cou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/, /t͡sʰɛːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiâng-chhó
    • Hakka Romanization System: qiang^ˊ co^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiang¹ co³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯aŋ²⁴ t͡sʰo³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Lukang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ-chháu
    • Tâi-lô: tshinn-tsháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chvizhao
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰĩ³³ t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Lukang): /t͡sʰĩ³³ t͡sʰau⁵⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰau⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheⁿ-chháu
    • Tâi-lô: tshenn-tsháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhvezhao
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹chin-tshau
    • MiniDict: chin^平 tshau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹qin-tshau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tsheng tshawX

Rime
Character	青	草
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	青 (125)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	倉經切	采老切
Baxter	tsheng	tshawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰeŋ/	/t͡sʰɑuX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰeŋ/	/t͡sʰɑuX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɛŋ/	/t͡sʰɑuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɛjŋ/	/t͡sʰawX/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰeŋ/	/t͡sʰɑuX/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰieŋ/	/t͡sʰɑuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰieŋ/	/t͡sʰɑuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qīng	cǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cing1	cou2

Noun

青草

1. grass; green grass
2. (Southern Min) medicinal herbs
3. (Lukang Hokkien) grass jelly

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 仙草凍 (“grass jelly”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	仙草凍, 仙草
	Malaysia	涼粉
	Singapore	仙草
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	涼粉
Cantonese	Guangzhou	涼粉, 涼粉草
	Hong Kong	涼粉
	Taishan	涼粉
	Dongguan	涼粉
	Penang (Guangfu)	涼粉
	Singapore (Guangfu)	涼粉
Gan	Lichuan	仙草糕
Hakka	Meixian	仙人粄
	Wuping	仙草凍, 仙水凍
Southern Min	Xiamen	青草凍
	Zhangzhou	田草凍, 田草
	Taipei	仙草
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	仙草
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	仙草
	Kaohsiung	仙草
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	田草
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	清草
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	田草
	Yilan	仙草
	Yilan (Toucheng)	田草, 仙草
	Changhua (Lukang)	青草
	Taichung	仙草
	Tainan	田草
	Tainan (Anping)	仙草
	Hsinchu	仙草
	Kinmen	仙草
	Penghu (Magong)	仙草
	Penghu (Xiyu)	仙草
	Penang (Hokkien)	涼粉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	清草
	Chaozhou	草粿
	Shantou	草粿
	Jieyang	草粿
	Bangkok (Teochew)	草粿
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	草粿
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	草粿
	Singapore (Teochew)	草粿
	Qionghai	清草
	Singapore (Hainanese)	清草

Derived terms

• 青草凍／青草冻
• 青草擔／青草担
• 青草藥／青草药