草履蟲

Chinese

		grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty	shoe; to tread on	animal; insect
trad. (草履蟲)		草	履	蟲
simp. (草履虫)		草	履	虫

Etymology

Possibly a calque of German Pantoffeltierchen.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎolǚchóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄌㄩˇ ㄔㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² lei⁵ cung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎolǚchóng [Phonetic: cáolǚchóng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄌㄩˇ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎolyǔchóng
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-lü³-chʻung²
    • Yale: tsǎu-lyǔ-chúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaoleuchorng
    • Palladius: цаолюйчун (caoljujčun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ly²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou² lei⁵ cung⁴
    • Yale: chóu léih chùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² lei⁵ tsung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou² léi⁵ cung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ lei̯¹³ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/

Noun

草履蟲

1. paramecium