海草

Chinese

		ocean; sea	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (海草)		海	草
simp. #(海草)		海	草

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎicǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² cou²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hói-chhó
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hái-chháu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎicǎo [Phonetic: háicǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎicǎo
    • Wade–Giles: hai³-tsʻao³
    • Yale: hǎi-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haetsao
    • Palladius: хайцао (xajcao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² cou²
    • Yale: hói chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² cou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hói-chhó
    • Hakka Romanization System: hoi^ˋ co^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hoi³ co³
    • Sinological IPA: /hoi̯³¹ t͡sʰo³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-chháu
    • Tâi-lô: hái-tsháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hayzhao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁴¹/

Noun

海草

1. seagrass

Japanese

Kanji in this term
海	草
かい Grade: 2	そう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
海草 (kyūjitai)

Noun

海(かい)草(そう) • (kaisō) 

1. seagrass

Usage notes

This term is often confused with the homophonic 海藻(かいそう) (kaisō), which means seaweed. For distinction, this term is sometimes read as うみくさ.

Korean

Hanja in this term
海	草

Noun

海草 • (haecho) (hangeul 해초)

1. hanja form^? of 해초 (“seagrass”)