# 草創
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): cǎochuàng
    (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄔㄨㄤˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cou$^2$ cong$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhó-chhòng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cǎochuàng
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄔㄨㄤˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cǎochuàng
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻao$^3$-chʻuang$^4$
*** Yale: tsǎu-chwàng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaochuanq
*** Palladius: цаочуан (caočuan)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cou$^2$ cong$^3$
*** Yale: chóu chong
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsou$^2$ tsong$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cou$^2$ cong$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ t͡sʰɔːŋ³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhó-chhòng
*** Tâi-lô: tshó-tshòng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhoyzhoxng
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɔŋ²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰɔŋ⁴¹/

### Verb

草創
* to set about building; to begin to build
       Dì tú cǎochuàng, huángyè chū kāi. Gōng gāo zuǒmìng, yè zàn yúnléi. [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (literary) to draft; to draw up
    From: Sima Qian, Letter to Ren An. 1st century BCE. Translated by Burton Watson.
    Cǎochuàng wèi jiù, huì zāo cǐ huò. [Pinyin]
    Before I had finished my rough manuscript, I met with this calamity.

#### Synonyms

* (to draft):
* 擬／拟 (nǐ)
* 草擬／草拟 (cǎonǐ)
* 起草 (qǐcǎo)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 草 | 創 |
| そう Grade: 1 | そう Grade: 6 |
| on'yomi | kan'on |

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) そーそー [sòósóó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [so̞ːso̞ː]

### Noun

草(そう)創(そう) • (sōsō)
* beginning; inauguration

#### Derived terms

* 草(そう)創(そう)期(き) (sōsōki)

### Verb

草(そう)創(そう)する • (sōsō suru) transitive suru (stem 草(そう)創(そう)し (sōsō shi), past 草(そう)創(そう)した (sōsō shita))
* to begin, to inaugurate

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 草創し | そうそうし | sōsō shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 草創し | そうそうし | sōsō shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 草創する | そうそうする | sōsō suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 草創する | そうそうする | sōsō suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 草創すれ | そうそうすれ | sōsō sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 草創せよ¹ 草創しろ² | そうそうせよ¹ そうそうしろ² | sōsō seyo¹ sōsō shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 草創される | そうそうされる | sōsō sareru |
| Causative | 草創させる 草創さす | そうそうさせる そうそうさす | sōsō saseru sōsō sasu |
| Potential | 草創できる | そうそうできる | sōsō dekiru |
| Volitional | 草創しよう | そうそうしよう | sōsō shiyō |
| Negative | 草創しない | そうそうしない | sōsō shinai |
| Negative continuative | 草創せず | そうそうせず | sōsō sezu |
| Formal | 草創します | そうそうします | sōsō shimasu |
| Perfective | 草創した | そうそうした | sōsō shita |
| Conjunctive | 草創して | そうそうして | sōsō shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 草創すれば | そうそうすれば | sōsō sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 草 | 創 |

### Noun

草創 • (chochang) (hangeul 초창)
* hanja form of 초창