翻草
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Chinese[edit]
| flit about; translate; turn over | grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (翻草) | 翻 | 草 | |
| simp. #(翻草) | 翻 | 草 | |
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
翻草
- (Cantonese, Southern Min, Zhao'an Hakka) to ruminate; to chew the cud
Synonyms[edit]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 反芻, 倒嚼, 倒噍 | |
| Mandarin | Taiwan | 反芻, 倒嚼 |
| Wanrong | 倒噍 | |
| Xi'an | 倒磨 | |
| Yinchuan | 倒磨 | |
| Xining | 倒磨 | |
| Wuhan | 回嚼 | |
| Liuzhou | 反草 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 翻草 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 倒胲 |
| Huidong (Daling) | 倒草 | |
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 翻肚 | |
| Changting | 倒草 | |
| Wuping | 倒草 | |
| Wuping (Pingyu) | 倒草 | |
| Liancheng | 倒草 | |
| Ruijin | 倒草 | |
| Shicheng | 倒草 | |
| Shangyou (Shexi) | 倒草 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 倒草 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 倒草 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 倒草 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 倒草 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 倒草 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 翻草 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 倒草 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 倒嚼 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 翻草, 倒噍 |
| Zhangzhou | 倒噍 | |
| Tainan | 翻草 | |
| Wu | Jinhua | 轉嚼 |
References[edit]
- Duffus, William (1883) “ruminate”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 231
- 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “翻草”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary][1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC