草寇

Chinese

		grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty	bandit
trad. (草寇)		草	寇
simp. #(草寇)		草	寇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎokòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄎㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² kau³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhó͘-khiò / chhó-khò͘ / chháu-khiò / chháu-khò͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎokòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄎㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎokòu
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-kʻou⁴
    • Yale: tsǎu-kòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaokow
    • Palladius: цаокоу (caokou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou² kau³
    • Yale: chóu kau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² kau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou² keo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ kʰɐu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhó͘-khiò
    • Tâi-lô: tshóo-khiò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhofqioix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰio⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhó-khò͘
    • Tâi-lô: tshó-khòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoy'qox
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰɔ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-khiò
    • Tâi-lô: tsháu-khiò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhaw'qioix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰio⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-khò͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsháu-khòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhaw'qox
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰɔ¹¹/

Noun

草寇

1. (archaic) robber in the greenwood; brigand; bandit

Synonyms

• 草賊／草贼 (cǎozéi)