草民

Chinese

		grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty	the people; nationality; citizen
trad. (草民)		草	民
simp. ^#(草民)		草	民
Literally: “grass people”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cǎomín

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² man⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: cǎomín
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaomin
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǎomín
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ min³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cou² man⁴
  - Yale: chóu màhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² man⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cou² men⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ mɐn²¹/

Noun

草民

(the worthless) ordinary people; commoner; plebeian; civilian; everyday person; person of humble birth

Synonyms

Synonyms of 草民

𫣆人 (Hakka)
一般人 (yībānrén)
世人 (shìrén)
世間人／世间人 (Min Nan)
人民 (rénmín)
人群 (rénqún)
俗人 (súrén)
公眾／公众 (gōngzhòng)
凡人 (fánrén)
匹夫 (pǐfū) (literary)
四眾人／四众人 (Teochew)
大眾／大众 (dàzhòng)
子民 (zǐmín)
布衣 (bùyī)
常人 (chángrén)
平人 (píngrén) (literary)
平常人 (píngchángrén)

平民 (píngmín)
庶人 (shùrén) (literary)
庶民 (shùmín) (literary)
普通人 (pǔtōngrén)
民人 (mínrén) (literary)
民眾／民众 (mínzhòng)
白衣 (báiyī) (historical)
白衣人 (báiyīrén) (historical)
白身 (báishēn) (archaic)
白身人 (báishēnrén) (archaic)
百姓 (bǎixìng)
群眾／群众 (qúnzhòng)
老百姓 (lǎobǎixìng)
草野 (cǎoyě) (literary, figurative)
黎民 (límín) (literary)
黔首 (qiánshǒu) (archaic)

Derived terms

一介草民

Pronoun

草民

(historical, humble, self-deprecating) I (used by a commoner when addressing the emperor or an official)

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