# 水草
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shuǐcǎo
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄘㄠˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi$^2$ cou$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-chháu
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^5$sy-tshau$_5$ / $^3$syu-tshau$_3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐcǎo [Phonetic: shuícǎo]
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄘㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shuěicǎo
*** Wade–Giles: shui$^3$-tsʻao$^3$
*** Yale: shwěi-tsǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeitsao
*** Palladius: шуйцао (šujcao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: seoi$^2$ cou$^2$
*** Yale: séui chóu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soey$^2$ tsou$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sêu$^2$ cou$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-chháu
*** Tâi-lô: tsuí-tsháu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zuyzhao
*** IPA (Singapore): /t͡sui⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡sʰau⁴²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$sy-tshau$_5$
*** MiniDict: sy$^去$ tshau$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$sr-tshau$_2$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩³³ t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/
** (Northern: Suzhou, Jiaxing)
*** Wugniu: $^3$syu-tshau$_3$
*** MiniDict: syu$^上$ tshau$^上$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /sz̩ʷ⁵² t͡sʰæ¹¹/
*** Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /sz̩ʷ⁴⁴ t͡sʰɔ²¹/

### Noun

水草
* (literally) water and grass
* aquatic plants
* (Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial) drinking straw (Classifier: 根 m)
    我要一根水草。 ― Wǒ yào yī gēn shuǐcǎo. ― I'd like a straw.

#### Synonyms

* (drinking straw):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 吸管 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 吸管兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 吸管 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 吸管, 水草 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 吸管, 水草 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 吸管兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 吸管 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 吸管, 飲筒 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 飲筒, 飲管 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 水草 |
| Cantonese | Ipoh (Guangfu) | 水草 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 水草 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 唶管 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 唰管 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 嗍管 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 吸管 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 唰管仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 唶管 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Bao'an) | 水草 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 蔥管 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 嗍管 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 嗍管 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 嗍管 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 嗍管 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 嗍管 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 嗍管 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 嗍管 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 嗍草 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 水草 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 嗍管 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 吸管 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 皮管 |

#### Derived terms

* 逐水草而居 (zhú shuǐcǎo ér jū)

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 水 | 草 |
| すい Grade: 1 | そう Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) すいそー [sùísóó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [sɨiso̞ː]

#### Noun

水(すい)草(そう) • (suisō)
* aquatic plants

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 水 | 草 |
| みず Grade: 1 | くさ Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi ||

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) みずくさ [mìzúkúsá] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [mʲizɨkɯ̟̊sa̠]

#### Noun

水(みず)草(くさ) • (mizukusa)
* aquatic plants

### References

* 1 2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN