草本

Chinese

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cǎoběn

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄅㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² bun²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chháu-pún / chhó-pún

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cǎoběn [Phonetic: cáoběn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄅㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǎoběn
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-pên³
  - Yale: tsǎu-běn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaobeen
  - Palladius: цаобэнь (caobɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cou² bun²
  - Yale: chóu bún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² bun²
  - Guangdong Romanization: cou² bun²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ puːn³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-pún / chhó-pún
  - Tâi-lô: tsháu-pún / tshó-pún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhaw'puon, zhoy'puon
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pun⁵³/, /t͡sʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pun⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pun⁵⁵⁴/, /t͡sʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pun⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pun⁵³/, /t͡sʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pun⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pun⁵³/, /t͡sʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pun⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pun⁴¹/, /t͡sʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pun⁴¹/

Etymology 1

		grass; herb	root; stem
trad. (草本)		草	本
simp. ^#(草本)		草	本
anagram		本草

Adjective

草本

(botany) herbaceous

Derived terms

草本植物 (cǎoběn zhíwù)

Etymology 2

		(of a draft) rough	manuscript
trad. (草本)		草	本
simp. ^#(草本)		草	本
anagram		本草

Noun

草本

draft; sketch

Japanese

Kanji in this term
草	本
そう Grade: 1	ほん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そーほん [sòóhóń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [so̞ːhõ̞ɴ]

Noun

草(そう)本(ほん) • (sōhon)

(botany) herb; herbaceous plant
一年生(いちねんせい)草本(そうほん)
ichinensei sōhon
annual plant
draft; sketch

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN