草莓

Chinese

		grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty	berry
trad. (草莓)		草	莓
simp. ^#(草莓)		草	莓

Etymology

Appears in early 20th century. Probably a calque of English strawberry.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cǎoméi

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄇㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² mui^4-2, cou² mui⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhó-mòi
Min Dong (BUC): chāu-muòi
Min Nan (POJ): chháu-m̂ / chháu-mûi / chhó-m̂ / chhó-mûi / chháu-môe / chhó-môe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: cǎoméi
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄇㄟˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaomei
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ meɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cou² mui^4-2, cou² mui⁴
  - Yale: chóu múi, chóu mùih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² mui^4-2, tsou² mui⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cou² mui², cou² mui⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ muːy̯²¹⁻³⁵/, /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ muːy̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhó-mòi
  - Hakka Romanization System: co` moiˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: co³ moi²
  - IPA: /t͡sʰo³¹ moi̯¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chāu-muòi
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰau³³⁻²¹ muoi⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-m̂
  - Tâi-lô: tsháu-m̂
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhaw'mm
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sʰaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ m̩²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ m̩¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰaʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ m̩²³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-mûi
  - Tâi-lô: tsháu-muî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhawmuii
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰaʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ muĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ muĩ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhó-m̂
  - Tâi-lô: tshó-m̂
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhoy'mm
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ m̩¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ m̩²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhó-mûi
  - Tâi-lô: tshó-muî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhoymuii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ muĩ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-môe
  - Tâi-lô: tsháu-muê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhawmoee
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ muẽ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhó-môe
  - Tâi-lô: tshó-muê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhoymoee
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ muẽ¹³/

Noun

草莓

strawberry (Classifier: 顆／颗 m)
(slang) hickey
他在我脖子上種草莓。 [MSC, trad.]
他在我脖子上种草莓。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā zài wǒ bózi shàng zhòng cǎoméi. [Pinyin]
He gave me a hickey on my neck. (lit. He planted a strawberry on my neck.)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 草莓 (“strawberry”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		草莓
Taxonomic name		草莓
Mandarin	Beijing	草莓
	Taiwan	草莓
	Harbin	馬林果兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	士多啤梨
Cantonese	Hong Kong	士多啤梨
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	草莓, 刺波仔
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	草莓, 刺波仔
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	草莓, 竻波仔
	Dongshi (Dabu)	草莓, 刺波
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	草莓, 竻波仔
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	草莓, 刺波子
Min Dong	Fuzhou	草莓
Min Nan	Xiamen	草莓
	Quanzhou	草莓
	Zhangzhou	草莓
	Taipei	草莓, 刺波
	Kaohsiung	草莓, 刺波
	Penang	strawberry

(hickey): 吻痕 (wěnhén)

Derived terms

草莓族 (cǎoméizú)

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