# 草包
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): cǎobāo
    (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄅㄠ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cou$^2$ baau$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): chāu-bău
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chháu-pau
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tshau-pau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cǎobāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄅㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cǎobao
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻao$^3$-pao$^1$
*** Yale: tsǎu-bāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaobau
*** Palladius: цаобао (caobao)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cǎobāor
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄅㄠㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cǎobaor
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻao$^3$-pao$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: tsǎu-bāur
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaobaul
*** Palladius: цаобаор (caobaor)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ paʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cou$^2$ baau$^1$
*** Yale: chóu bāau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsou$^2$ baau$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cou$^2$ bao$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ paːu̯⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: chāu-bău
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰau³³⁻²¹ $^{(p-)}$βau⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-pau
*** Tâi-lô: tsháu-pau
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhaw'paw
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pau³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pau⁴⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$tshau-pau
*** MiniDict: tshau$^去$ pau
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$tshau-pau
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰɔ³³ pɔ⁴⁴/

### Noun

草包
* (literally) straw bag
* (figurative, colloquial) good-for-nothing; layabout; useless person

#### Synonyms

* (straw bag): (Hokkien) 草袋
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 廢物 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 窩囊廢, 廢物點心 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 窩囊廢, 廢物點心, 膿包, 飯桶, 熊貨, 熊蛋, 熊包, 熊蛋包, 熊屄, 熊包軟蛋, 癟子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 飯桶 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 窩囊廢, 膿包, 飯桶 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 飯桶, 熊蛋, 熊蛋包, 熊人, 熊的, 熊大堆兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 㞞包, 窩囊廢, 騾子球, 飯桶, 草包 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 膿包, 㞞包, 草包 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 窩囊廢, 肉頭, 廢物, 飯桶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 飯桶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 儾惇, 儾, 窩囊廢 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 窩囊廢, 肉頭, 飯桶 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 窩囊廢, 囊㞞, 㞞包, 乏㞞, 囊包, 飯桶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 膿包, 飯桶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 飯桶, 齋貨, 齋行頭, 㞞頭, 齋公, 齋雞子, 齋脈子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 飯桶, 草包 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 膿包, 飯桶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 膿包, 膿包鬼, 飯桶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 廢料, 飯桶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 大泡和, 廢物 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 廢柴, 廢拉, 廢拉柴, 廢J |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 廢忽丁 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 膿包, 飯桶 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 蠢貨, 廢人仔, 阿婆官 humorous |
| Hakka | Yudu | 膿包 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 飯桶 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 飯桶 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 飯桶 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 飯桶 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 飯桶 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 飯桶 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 飯桶 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 苶毬, 窩囊廢, 廢物, 膿包 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 㞞漢, 膿包, 菜包子, 菜貨 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 飯桶 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 飯桶, 廢人, 草包 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 飯桶, 飯桶仙, 軟母, 草包 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 飯桶, 飯桶仙, 草包 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 飯桶, 飯桶仙, 軟母, 統雞, 草包 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 飯桶, 落屎馬 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 飯桶 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 無頂用 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 飯桶 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 飯桶, 草包 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 飯桶, 草包 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 飯桶, 草包 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 飯桶 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 飯桶, 草包 |
| Wu | Danyang | 膿包, 飯桶, 草包 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 飯桶, 草包 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 飯桶, 草包 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 飯桶 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 拖病人, 㞞人, 飯桶 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 尿泡, 草袋子, 草寶, 飯桶, 草包 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 飯桶 |

### Adjective

草包
* (Mainland China Hokkien) rash and sloppy; crude and careless
* (Nanning Pinghua) useless