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
Min Nan (POJ): hái-chháu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: hǎicǎo [Phonetic: háicǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄘㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haetsao
  - IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi² cou²
  - Yale: hói chóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² tsou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi² cou²
  - IPA ^(key): /hɔːy̯³⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hói-chhó
  - Hakka Romanization System: hoi` co`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hoi³ co³
  - IPA: /hoi̯³¹ t͡sʰo³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-chháu
  - Tâi-lô: hái-tsháu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hayzhao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /haɪ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /haɪ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰaʊ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /haɪ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /haɪ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /haɪ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰaʊ⁴¹/

Noun

海草

seagrass

Japanese

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

Noun

海草 (hiragana かいそう, rōmaji kaisō)

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)

Hanja form^? of 해초 (“seagrass”).

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