草稿

Chinese

		grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty	manuscript; draft; stalk of grain
trad. (草稿)		草	稿
simp. ^#(草稿)		草	稿

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): cǎogǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄍㄠˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): cao³ gao³
Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² gou²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhó-kó / chháu-kó

(Teochew, Peng'im): cao² go²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cǎogǎo [Phonetic: cáogǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄍㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǎogǎo
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-kao³
  - Yale: tsǎu-gǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaogao
  - Palladius: цаогао (caogao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cǎogǎor [Phonetic: cáogǎor]
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄍㄠˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǎogǎor
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-kao³-ʼrh
  - Yale: tsǎu-gǎur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaogaol
  - Palladius: цаогаор (caogaor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kaʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: cao³ gao³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: caogao
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰau⁵³ kau⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cou² gou²
  - Yale: chóu góu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² gou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: cou² gou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ kou̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhó-kó
  - Tâi-lô: tshó-kó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhoy'koir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ko⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɤ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡sʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ko⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-kó
  - Tâi-lô: tsháu-kó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhaw'koir
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ko⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɤ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cao² go²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsháu kó
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰau⁵²⁻³⁵ ko⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

草稿

rough draft; sketch; outline (Classifier: 篇 m)

Synonyms

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初稿 (chūgǎo)
底子 (dǐzi)
文稿 (wéngǎo)
稿 (gǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
稿子 (gǎozi)
草底 (cǎodǐ) (colloquial)

Derived terms

吹牛不打草稿 (chuīniú bù dǎ cǎogǎo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
草	稿
そう Grade: 1	こう Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

草(そう)稿(こう) • (sōkō)

notes, draft