百草枯

Chinese

		all kinds of grass; all kinds of flora	withered; dried up
trad. (百草枯)		百草	枯
simp. ^#(百草枯)		百草	枯

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English paraquat.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǎicǎokū

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄘㄠˇ ㄎㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ cou² fu¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǎicǎokū [Phonetic: báicǎokū]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄘㄠˇ ㄎㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǎicǎoku
  - Wade–Giles: pai³-tsʻao³-kʻu¹
  - Yale: bǎi-tsǎu-kū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baetsaoku
  - Palladius: байцаоку (bajcaoku)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak³ cou² fu¹
  - Yale: baak chóu fū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ tsou² fu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag³ cou² fu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ t͡sʰou̯³⁵ fuː⁵⁵/

Noun

百草枯

paraquat (herbicide)

Synonyms

巴拉刈 (bālāyì)

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