草原

Chinese

		grass	plain
trad. (草原)		草	原
simp. ^#(草原)		草	原

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cǎoyuán

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² jyun⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhó-ngièn / chhó-ngiàn
Min Nan (POJ): chháu-goân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: cǎoyuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄩㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaoyuan
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǎoyuán
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cou² jyun⁴
  - Yale: chóu yùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² jyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cou² yun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ jyːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhó-ngièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: co` ngienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: co³ ngian²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo³¹ ɲi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhó-ngiàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: co` ngianˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: co³ ngian²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo³¹ ɲi̯an¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-goân
  - Tâi-lô: tsháu-guân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhaw'goaan
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰaʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ guan²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ guan¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ guan²⁴/

Noun

草原

grassland; prairie; steppe; savanna

Synonyms

草場／草场 (cǎochǎng)
草地 (cǎodì)
(Min Nan) 草埔

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (草原):

→ Japanese: 草原 (そうげん) (sōgen)
→ Korean: 초원 (草原, chowon)
→ Vietnamese: thảo nguyên (草原)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
草	原
そう Grade: 1	げん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

草原 (hiragana そうげん, rōmaji sōgen)

grassland, meadow
- 2014 March 8, “ルイーズ [Louise]”, in 決闘王の記憶　決闘者の王国編 [Memories of the Duel King: Duelist Kingdom Arc], Konami:
  
  体 (からだ)は小 (ちい)さいが、草 (そう)原 (げん)での守 (しゅ)備 (び)力 (りょく)はかなり強 (つよ)い。
  Karada wa chīsai ga, sōgen de no shubiryoku wa kanari tsuyoi.
  It may be small, but its defense strength is considerable in grasslands.
steppe
savanna
prairie

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
草	原
くさ Grade: 1	はら Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Noun

草原 (hiragana くさはら, rōmaji kusahara)

grassland, meadow

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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