草蔬

Chinese

		grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty	vegetables
trad. (草蔬)		草	蔬
simp. #(草蔬)		草	蔬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎoshū

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² so¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chháu-soe / chháu-se

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎoshū
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎoshu
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-shu¹
    • Yale: tsǎu-shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaoshu
    • Palladius: цаошу (caošu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou² so¹
    • Yale: chóu sō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² so¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou² so¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ sɔː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-soe
    • Tâi-lô: tsháu-sue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhawsoef
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sue⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-se
    • Tâi-lô: tsháu-se
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhawsef
    • IPA (Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ se⁴⁴/

Noun

草蔬

1. (literary) vegetables

   • 旦日，容殺雞為饌，林宗謂為己設，既而以供其母，自以草蔬與客同飯。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     旦日，容杀鸡为馔，林宗谓为己设，既而以供其母，自以草蔬与客同饭。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5^th century CE

     Dànrì, Róng shā jī wéi zhuàn, Línzōng wèi wèi jǐ shè, jì'ér yǐ gōng qí mǔ, zì yǐ cǎoshū yǔ kè tóng fàn. [Pinyin]

     The next morning, Rong slaughtered a chicken for food. Linzong thought it was prepared for him, but later it was given to his mother, himself having vegetables with his guests.

2. (Southern Min) algae

Synonyms

• (vegetables):

• 菜蔬 (càishū)
• 蔬菜 (shūcài)
• 青菜 (qīngcài)

 

• (algae): 水藻 (shuǐzǎo), 藻類／藻类 (zǎolèi)