花草

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (花草)		花	草
simp. ^#(花草)		花	草
anagram		草花

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huācǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚㄘㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ cou²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fâ-chhó
Min Nan (POJ): hoe-chháu / hoa-chháu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: huācǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚㄘㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huatsao
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: faa¹ cou²
  - Yale: fā chóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ tsou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ cou²
  - IPA ^(key): /fäː⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fâ-chhó
  - Hakka Romanization System: fa´ co`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fa¹ co³
  - IPA: /fa²⁴ t͡sʰo³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoe-chháu
  - Tâi-lô: hue-tsháu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoezhao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hue⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰaʊ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hue³³ t͡sʰaʊ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa-chháu
  - Tâi-lô: hua-tsháu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoazhao
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰaʊ⁵³/

Noun

花草

flowers and grass; plants
(figuratively, literary) woman; girl
(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) a folk dance style in the Min Nan region

Adjective

花草

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) unnecessary and overelaborate

Derived terms

花花草草

花草步

Japanese

Kanji in this term
花	草
はな Grade: 1	くさ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 花 (はな) (hana, “flower”) + 草 (くさ) (kusa, “grass”).

Noun

花草 (hiragana はなくさ, katakana ハナクサ, rōmaji hanakusa)

Synonym of 母子草 (hahakogusa): the Jersey cudweed, (Pseudognaphalium affine, syn. Gnaphalium affine)
Synonym of 蓬, 艾 (yomogi): the Japanese mugwort, Artemisia princeps
Synonym of 蓮華草 (rengesō): the Chinese milk vetch, Astragalus sinicus

Proper noun

花草 (hiragana はなくさ, rōmaji Hanakusa)

a surname

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