除草

Chinese

		remove; do away with; wipe out remove; do away with; wipe out; divide; except	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (除草)		除	草
simp. ^#(除草)		除	草

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chúcǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˊ ㄘㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi⁴ cou²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tî-chháu / tû-chháu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chúcǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˊ ㄘㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chúcǎo
  - Wade–Giles: chʻu²-tsʻao³
  - Yale: chú-tsǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwutsao
  - Palladius: чуцао (čucao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    鋤草 / 锄草
    除草
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceoi⁴ cou²
  - Yale: chèuih chóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey⁴ tsou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêu⁴ cou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯²¹ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tî-chháu / tû-chháu
  - Tâi-lô: tî-tsháu / tû-tsháu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dizhao, duzhao
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ti²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/, /tu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ti²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/, /tu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti¹³⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/, /tu¹³⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ti²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰau⁵³/, /tu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰau⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti²³⁻³³ t͡sʰau⁴¹/, /tu²³⁻³³ t͡sʰau⁴¹/

Verb

除草

to weed; to pull up weeds; to remove weeds

Synonyms

㔊草 (Hokkien)
扯草 (cha³ cau³) (Xiang)
拔草 (bácǎo)
掹草 (mang¹ cou²) (Cantonese)
薅草 (hāocǎo)
鋤草 / 锄草 (chúcǎo)

Derived terms

除草劑 / 除草剂 (chúcǎojì)
除草機 / 除草机 (chúcǎojī)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
除	草
じょ Grade: 6	そう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じょそー [jòsóó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞so̞ː]

Noun

除(じょ)草(そう) • (josō) ^{←ぢよさう (dyosau)^?}

weeding (removal of weeds)

Verb

除(じょ)草(そう)する • (josō suru) ^{←ぢよさう (dyosau)^?}suru (stem 除(じょ)草(そう)し (josō shi), past 除(じょ)草(そう)した (josō shita))

to weed (to remove weeds from)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "除草する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	除草し	じょそうし	josō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	除草し	じょそうし	josō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	除草する	じょそうする	josō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	除草する	じょそうする	josō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	除草すれ	じょそうすれ	josō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	除草せよ¹ 除草しろ²	じょそうせよ¹ じょそうしろ²	josō seyo¹ josō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	除草される	じょそうされる	josō sareru
Causative	除草させる除草さす	じょそうさせるじょそうさす	josō saseru josō sasu
Potential	除草できる	じょそうできる	josō dekiru
Volitional	除草しよう	じょそうしよう	josō shiyō
Negative	除草しない	じょそうしない	josō shinai
Negative continuative	除草せず	じょそうせず	josō sezu
Formal	除草します	じょそうします	josō shimasu
Perfective	除草した	じょそうした	josō shita
Conjunctive	除草して	じょそうして	josō shite
Hypothetical conditional	除草すれば	じょそうすれば	josō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

See also

除(じょ)草(そう)剤(ざい) (josōzai)

References

“除草”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026