草食
Chinese
grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty |
eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (草食) | 草 | 食 | |
| simp. #(草食) | 草 | 食 | |
| anagram | 食草 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: cǎoshí
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄕˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cǎoshíh
- Wade–Giles: tsʻao3-shih2
- Yale: tsǎu-shŕ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaoshyr
- Palladius: цаоши (caoši)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cou2 sik6
- Yale: chóu sihk
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsou2 sik9
- Guangdong Romanization: cou2 xig6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ sɪk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Adjective
草食
- (attributive) grass-eating; herbivorous
Derived terms
See also
- 肉食 (ròushí)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 草 | 食 |
| そう Grade: 1 |
しょく Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | |
Pronunciation
Noun
草食 • (sōshoku)
Derived terms
- 草食系 (sōshokukei)
Verb
草食する • (sōshoku suru) suru (stem 草食し (sōshoku shi), past 草食した (sōshoku shita))
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 草食し | そうしょくし | sōshoku shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 草食し | そうしょくし | sōshoku shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 草食する | そうしょくする | sōshoku suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 草食する | そうしょくする | sōshoku suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 草食すれ | そうしょくすれ | sōshoku sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 草食せよ¹ 草食しろ² |
そうしょくせよ¹ そうしょくしろ² |
sōshoku seyo¹ sōshoku shiro² |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 草食される | そうしょくされる | sōshoku sareru |
| Causative | 草食させる 草食さす |
そうしょくさせる そうしょくさす |
sōshoku saseru sōshoku sasu |
| Potential | 草食できる | そうしょくできる | sōshoku dekiru |
| Volitional | 草食しよう | そうしょくしよう | sōshoku shiyō |
| Negative | 草食しない | そうしょくしない | sōshoku shinai |
| Negative continuative | 草食せず | そうしょくせず | sōshoku sezu |
| Formal | 草食します | そうしょくします | sōshoku shimasu |
| Perfective | 草食した | そうしょくした | sōshoku shita |
| Conjunctive | 草食して | そうしょくして | sōshoku shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 草食すれば | そうしょくすれば | sōshoku sureba |
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
References
- “草食”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026