草根

Chinese

		grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty	radical (chem.); root; basis
trad. (草根)		草	根
simp. #(草根)		草	根

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎogēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄍㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² gan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhó-kîn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chháu-kun / chháu-kin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎogēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄍㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎogen
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-kên¹
    • Yale: tsǎu-gēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaogen
    • Palladius: цаогэнь (caogɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kən⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎogēnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄍㄣㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎogenr
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-kên¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: tsǎu-gēnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaogel
    • Palladius: цаогэньр (caogɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kəɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou² gan¹
    • Yale: chóu gān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² gan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou² gen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ kɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhó-kîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: co` gin´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: co³ gin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo³¹ kin²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-kun
    • Tâi-lô: tsháu-kun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhaw'kwn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kun³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-kin
    • Tâi-lô: tsháu-kin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhaw'kyn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kin⁴⁴/

Noun

草根

1. (literally) grass root
2. (figurative) grass roots (people and society at the local (most basic) level)
3. (Harbin Mandarin) grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)

Synonyms

• (grass roots): 基層／基层 (jīcéng)
• (grass carp):

Dialectal synonyms of 草魚 (“grass carp”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		草魚, 鯇
Mandarin	Taiwan	草魚
	Harbin	草根魚, 草根
	Yantai (Muping)	草鯉子, 草魚
	Jinan	草魚子
	Luoyang	草魚
	Xi'an	草魚
	Yinchuan	草魚
	Lanzhou	草魚
	Xining	草魚
	Ürümqi	草魚
	Wuhan	草魚, 草鯇
	Chengdu	草魚
	Guiyang	草魚
	Guilin (Lingui)	草魚
	Liuzhou	草魚
	Liuzhou (Luorong)	草魚
	Nanning (Wuming)	草魚
	Yangzhou	草鯶
	Nanjing	草鯶, 白鯶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鯇魚
	Hong Kong	鯇魚
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	鯇魚
	Macau	鯇魚
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	鯇魚
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	鯇魚
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	鯇魚
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	鯇魚
	Foshan	鯇魚
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	鯇魚
	Foshan (Shunde)	鯇魚
	Foshan (Sanshui)	鯇魚
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	鯇魚
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	鯇魚
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	鯇魚
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	鯇魚
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	鯇魚
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	鯇魚
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	鯇魚
	Taishan	鯇魚
	Kaiping (Chikan)	鯇魚
	Enping (Niujiang)	鯇魚
	Heshan (Yayao)	鯇魚
	Dongguan	鯇魚
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	鯇魚
	Nanning	鯇魚, 草魚
	Wuzhou	鯇魚, 草魚
	Yulin	草魚
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	草魚
	Guiping	鯇魚
	Mengshan (Xihe)	鯇魚
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	鯇魚
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	鯇魚
	Baise	鯇魚
	Bobai	草魚
	Lingshan	鯇魚
	Pubei	鯇魚
	Qinzhou	鯇魚
	Beihai	鯇魚
	Ningming	鯇魚
	Hengzhou	草魚
	Hezhou (Pumen)	草魚
Gan	Pengze	草魚
	Lichuan	草魚
	Pingxiang	草魚
Hakka	Meixian	鯇仔
	Xingning	鯇哩, 鯇公
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	鯇魚
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	草鯇
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	草鯇
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	草鯇
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	鯇魚
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	鯇仔
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	鯇魚
	Boluo (Bendihua)	鯇魚
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	鯇魚
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	鯇魚
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	鯇哩
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	鯇魚
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	鯇魚
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	鯇魚
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	鯇魚
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	鯇魚
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	鯇魚
	Nanxiong (Zhuji)	鯇咧
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	鯇魚
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	鯇魚
	Conghua (Lütian)	鯇魚
	Yongding (Xiayang)	草魚, 鯇
	Yudu	鯇魚, 草魚, 鯇子, 草子
	Ruijin	鯇子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	草魚
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	草魚
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	草魚
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	草魚
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	草魚
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	草魚
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	鯇魚
	Mashan (Pianlian)	鯇魚
Huizhou	Jixi	草魚, 青魚
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	草魚
	Fuqing	草魚
Southern Min	Xiamen	草魚
	Quanzhou	草魚
	Zhao'an	草魚
	Taipei	草魚
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	草魚
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	草魚
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	草魚
	Kaohsiung	草魚
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	草魚
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	草魚
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	草魚
	Yilan	草魚
	Yilan (Toucheng)	草魚
	Changhua (Lukang)	草魚
	Taichung	草魚
	Tainan	草魚
	Tainan (Anping)	草魚
	Hsinchu	草魚
	Kinmen	草魚
	Penghu (Magong)	草魚
	Penghu (Xiyu)	草魚
	Singapore (Hokkien)	草魚
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	草魚
	Datian	草魚
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	草魚
	Shantou	草魚
	Leizhou	鯇魚
Puxian Min	Putian (Donghai)	草鰱
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	鯇魚
	Sanxiang	鯇魚
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	草魚
	Nanning (Shajing)	草魚
	Binyang (Xinqiao)	草魚
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Chaoyang)	草魚
	Guilin (Zhuyuan)	草魚
	Lingchuan (Tanxia)	草魚
Waxiang	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	草魚
Wu	Shanghai	草青
	Shanghai (Jiading)	鯇魚
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	草魚
	Suzhou	鯇魚
	Danyang	草魚, 草紋
	Hangzhou	鯇魚
	Ningbo	草魚
	Wenzhou	草青, 草魚
	Jinhua	青魚, 草魚
Xiang	Changsha	草魚
	Loudi	草魚
	Quanzhou	草魚
	Guanyang (Wenshi)	草魚

Adjective

草根

1. (attributive) grass-roots