# 打草驚蛇
## Chinese

| | | beat; strike; breakbeat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen | grass; straw; draft (of a document)grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty | to startle; to be frightened; to be scaredto startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm | snake; serpent |
| trad. (打草驚蛇) | trad. (打草驚蛇) | 打 | 草 | 驚 | 蛇 |
| simp. (打草惊蛇) | simp. (打草惊蛇) | 打 | 草 | 惊 | 蛇 |
| Literally: “to beat the grass and startle the snake”. ||||||
* 打草驚蛇

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dǎcǎojīngshé
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄘㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕㄜˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): daa$^2$ cou$^2$ ging$^1$ se$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): táⁿ-chháu-kiaⁿ-chôa / táⁿ-chhó-keng-siâ / táⁿ-chháu-kiaⁿ-siâ / táⁿ-chháu-keng-siâ / táⁿ-chhó-kiaⁿ-siâ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): da$^2$ cao$^2$ gian$^1$ zua$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dǎcǎojīngshé [Phonetic: dácǎojīngshé]
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄘㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dǎcǎojingshé
*** Wade–Giles: ta$^3$-tsʻao$^3$-ching$^1$-shê$^2$
*** Yale: dǎ-tsǎu-jīng-shé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daatsaojingsher
*** Palladius: дацаоцзиншэ (dacaoczinšɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daa$^2$ cou$^2$ ging$^1$ se$^4$
*** Yale: dá chóu gīng sèh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daa$^2$ tsou$^2$ ging$^1$ se$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: da$^2$ cou$^2$ ging$^1$ sé$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /taː³⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵ kɪŋ⁵⁵ sɛː²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: táⁿ-chháu-kiaⁿ-chôa
*** Tâi-lô: tánn-tsháu-kiann-tsuâ
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dvafzhaw'kviazoaa
*** IPA (Taipei): /tã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁵³ kiã⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sua²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁴¹ kiã⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sua²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁵³ kiã⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sua²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: táⁿ-chhó-keng-siâ
*** Tâi-lô: tánn-tshó-king-siâ
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dvafzhoy'kengsiaa
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰo⁵³ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sia²⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: táⁿ-chháu-kiaⁿ-siâ
*** Tâi-lô: tánn-tsháu-kiann-siâ
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dvafzhaw'kviasiaa
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁴¹ kiã⁴⁴⁻³³ sia²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁵³ kiã⁴⁴⁻³³ sia²⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: táⁿ-chháu-keng-siâ
*** Tâi-lô: tánn-tsháu-king-siâ
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dvafzhaw'kengsiaa
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁴¹ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sia²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁵³ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sia²⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: táⁿ-chhó-kiaⁿ-siâ
*** Tâi-lô: tánn-tshó-kiann-siâ
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dvafzhoy'kviasiaa
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɤ⁴¹ kiã⁴⁴⁻³³ sia²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰo⁵³ kiã⁴⁴⁻³³ sia²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: da$^2$ cao$^2$ gian$^1$ zua$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tá tsháu kiaⁿ tsuâ
*** Sinological IPA : /ta⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰau⁵² kĩã³³⁻²³ t͡sua⁵⁵/

### Idiom

打草驚蛇
* to give away your position through rash actions; to alert someone of your presence unwittingly

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 打草驚蛇, 打草蛇驚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 打草驚蛇 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 打草驚蛇 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 挓草驚蛇, 拍生驚, 拍驚 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 挓草驚蛇, 拍生驚 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 打草驚蛇 |

### See also

* Thai: แหวกหญ้าให้งูตื่น