# 草蜢
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): cǎoměng
    (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄇㄥˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cou$^2$ maang$^{5-2}$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhó-máng / chhó-mak / chhó-màng
    (Meixian, Guangdong): cau$^3$ mang$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): chāng-māng / chāu-māng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chháu-meh / chháu-muih / chháu-meeh / chháu-neh / chháu-nih / chháu-mih / chháu-mé
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cao$^2$ mên$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cǎoměng [Phonetic: cáoměng]
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄇㄥˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cǎoměng
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻao$^3$-mêng$^3$
*** Yale: tsǎu-měng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaomeeng
*** Palladius: цаомэн (caomɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cou$^2$ maang$^{5-2}$
*** Yale: chóu máang
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsou$^2$ maang$^{5-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cou$^2$ mang$^{5-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ maːŋ¹³⁻³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhó-máng / chhó-mak
*** Hakka Romanization System: co$^ˋ$ mang$^ˋ$ / co$^ˋ$ mag$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: co$^3$ mang$^3$ / co$^3$ mag$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo³¹ maŋ³¹/, /t͡sʰo³¹ mak̚²/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhó-màng / chhó-mak
*** Hakka Romanization System: co$^ˋ$ mang$^ˇ$ / co$^ˋ$ mag$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: co$^3$ mang$^2$ / co$^3$ mag$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo³¹ maŋ¹¹/, /t͡sʰo³¹ mak̚²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: cau$^3$ mang$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰau³¹ maŋ³¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: chāng-māng / chāu-māng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaŋ³³⁻³⁵ maŋ³³/, /t͡sʰau³³⁻³⁵ maŋ³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-meh
*** Tâi-lô: tsháu-meh
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhawmeq
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mẽʔ³²/
*** IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰau⁴²⁻²⁴ meʔ³²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-muih
*** Tâi-lô: tsháu-muih
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhawmuiq
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ muĩʔ⁵/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-meeh
*** Tâi-lô: tsháu-meeh
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mɛ̃ʔ³²/
** (Hokkien: Yilan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-neh
*** Tâi-lô: tsháu-neh
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhawneq
*** IPA (Yilan): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁵⁵ nẽʔ²/
** (Hokkien: Lukang, Magong)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-nih
*** Tâi-lô: tsháu-nih
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhawniq
*** IPA (Lukang): /t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁻³⁵ nĩʔ⁵/
** (Hokkien: Singapore, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-mih
*** Tâi-lô: tsháu-mih
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhawmiq
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mĩʔ³²/
*** IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰau⁴²⁻²⁴ miʔ³²/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-mé
*** Tâi-lô: tsháu-mé
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhawmea
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mẽ⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: cao$^2$ mên$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsháu méⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰau⁵²⁻³⁵ mẽ⁵²⁻²¹/

### Noun

草蜢
* (Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min) grasshopper; locust
* (Hokkien) a child who bothers and harasses others

#### Synonyms

* (grasshopper): 蚱蜢 (zhàměng), 螞蚱／蚂蚱 (màzha); (Hakka, Hokkien) 草蜢仔; (Northern Min) 蘆螞／芦蚂, 蚱螞／蚱蚂; (Hokkien) 草蜢公, 草蜢仔公; (Xiang) 蚱蜢子

#### Derived terms

* 草蜢弄雞公／草蜢弄鸡公
* 草蜢撩雞公——自尋死路／草蜢撩鸡公——自寻死路
* 草蜢腿

### References

* 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “草蜢”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎, volume 1 (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC, page 602,5,6