畏擽草
Chinese
| to be scared of having someone scratch one's itch | grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty | ||
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| trad. (畏擽草) | 畏擽 | 草 | |
| simp. (畏㧰草) | 畏㧰 | 草 | |
| alternative forms | 畏撓草/畏挠草 畏蟯草/畏蛲草 | ||
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ùi-ngiau-chháu / ùiⁿ-ngiau-chháu
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Kinmen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ùi-ngiau-chháu
- Tâi-lô: uì-ngiau-tsháu
- Phofsit Daibuun: uiengiauzhao
- IPA (Kinmen): /ui¹²⁻⁴⁴ ŋiãu⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /ui²¹⁻⁵³ ŋiãu⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ùiⁿ-ngiau-chháu
- Tâi-lô: uìnn-ngiau-tsháu
- Phofsit Daibuun: vuiengiauzhao
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /uĩ²¹⁻⁵³ ŋiãu⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Kinmen)
Noun
畏擽草
- (Hokkien) mimosa, shameplant (Mimosa, especially Mimosa pudica, the sensitive plant)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 含羞草 (“shameplant; touch-me-not; sensitive plant”) [map]