# 草紙
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): cǎozhǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄓˇ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): cou$^2$ zi$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): tau$^2$ zi$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhó-chṳ́
    (Hailu, HRS): co$^ˊ$ zhi$^ˊ$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhó-chóa
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cao$^2$ zua$^2$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^1$tshau-tsy$_5$; $^5$tshau-tsy$_5$ / $^5$tshau$_3$-tsy$_3$ / $^3$tshau-tsy$_3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cǎozhǐ [Phonetic: cáozhǐ]
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄓˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cǎojhǐh
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻao$^3$-chih$^3$
*** Yale: tsǎu-jř
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaojyy
*** Palladius: цаочжи (caočži)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cou$^2$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: chóu jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsou$^2$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cou$^2$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: tau$^2$ zi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰau⁵⁵ t͡si⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhó-chṳ́
*** Hakka Romanization System: co$^ˋ$ zii$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: co$^3$ zi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo³¹ t͡sɨ³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: co$^ˊ$ zhi$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo²⁴⁻³³ t͡ʃi²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhó-chóa
*** Tâi-lô: tshó-tsuá
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhoyzoar
*** IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /t͡sʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sua⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sua⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: cao$^2$ zua$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsháu tsuá
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰau⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sua⁵²⁻²¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$tshau-tsy$_5$; $^5$tshau-tsy$_5$
*** MiniDict: tshau$^平$ tsy$^去$; tshau$^去$ tsy$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$tshau-tsr$_2$; $^2$tshau-tsr$_2$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰɔ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/, /t͡sʰɔ³³ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^5$tshau$_3$-tsy$_3$
*** MiniDict: tshau$^上$ tsy$^上$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡sʰæ⁵² t͡sz̩³³/
** (Northern: Jiaxing)
*** Wugniu: $^3$tshau-tsy$_3$
*** MiniDict: tshau$^上$ tsy$^上$
*** Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /t͡sʰɔ²² t͡sz̩¹³/
* $^1$tshau-tsy$_5$ (Shanghainese) - more for coarse paper;
* $^5$tshau-tsy$_5$ (Shanghainese) - more for toilet paper.

### Noun

草紙
* coarse paper
* (dated or regional) toilet paper

#### Synonyms

* (toilet paper):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 手紙, 衛生紙, 廁紙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 手紙, 擦屁股紙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 衛生紙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 擦屁股紙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 手紙, 擦屁股紙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 手紙, 擦屁股紙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 手紙, 擦屁股紙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 手紙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 衛生紙, 廁紙 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 草紙 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 手紙, 擦屁股紙 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 手紙, 擦腚紙 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 手紙, 草紙 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 手紙, 擦屁股紙 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 擦腚紙, 手紙, 衛生紙, 草紙 dated |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 揩腚紙, 手紙 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 手紙 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 解手紙, 擦包紙 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 擦包紙 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 擦溝子紙, 衛生紙 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 草紙, 擦屁股紙 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 手紙, 草紙, 擦溝子紙 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 草紙 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 草紙, 擦腚紙, 手紙, 出恭紙 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 草紙, 擦屁股紙, 擦溝子紙 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 擦溝子的紙, 衛生紙, 手紙, 草紙, 擦屁股紙 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 手紙, 衛生紙, 擦溝子紙 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 草紙, 手紙, 衛生紙 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 草紙 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 解手紙, 草紙 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 手紙, 揩屁股紙, 草紙 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 土紙, 草紙, 揩屁股紙, 手紙 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 手紙, 草紙 dated |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 解手紙 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 草紙, 手紙, 衛生紙, 抹屎紙, 屙屎紙 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 草紙, 手紙 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 草紙 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 草紙 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 草紙, 衛生紙 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 草紙 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 廁紙, 草紙 dated |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 抿屎紙 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 廁紙, 草紙 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 草紙 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 草紙 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 草紙 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 草紙 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 草紙 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 草紙 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 草紙 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 草紙 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 草紙 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 草紙 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 草紙 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 草紙 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 草紙 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 草紙 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 草紙 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 草紙 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 草紙 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 草紙 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 草紙 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 抿屎紙, 草紙 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 草紙 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 摒屎紙, 草紙 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 草紙 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 草紙 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 草紙 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 草紙 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 草紙 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 揩屎紙 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 草紙 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 草紙 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 草紙 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 草紙 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 草紙 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 草紙 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 草紙 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 草紙, 汧屁股紙 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 擦㞘子紙 |
| Jin | Linhe | 草紙, 擦屁股紙 |
| Jin | Jining | 手紙 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 擦屁股紙, 衛生紙 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 手紙 |
| Jin | Handan | 草紙 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 草紙 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 粗紙, 紙巾 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 粗紙, 紙巾 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 粗紙, 紙巾 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 衛生紙, 塗紙 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 放屎紙 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 衛生紙 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 衛生紙 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 衛生紙 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 綿仔紙, 塗紙 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 綿仔紙 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 衛生紙, 粗紙 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 衛生紙 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 粗紙, 馬口紙, 染蠻紙 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 廁紙, 礐廁紙 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 草紙 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 放屎紙 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 草紙, 擼尻川紙 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 手紙 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 放屎紙, 拭尻脽紙, 大便紙 |
| Central Min | Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) | 紙 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 紙巾, 草紙 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 草紙, 飛機票 humorous, 粗紙 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 草紙 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 草紙 |
| Wu | Danyang | 草紙, 大便紙 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 毛紙, 草紙 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 草紙 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 草紙 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 草紙 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 解手紙 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 解手紙, 刮屁股紙 |

#### Derived terms

* 屙尿遞草紙 / 屙尿递草纸

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 草 | 紙 |
| そう Grade: 1 | し Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Alternative forms

* 草子
* 双紙
* 冊子

### Etymology

/sakusi/ → /sausi/ → /sɔːsi/ → /soːsi/.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [so̞ːɕi]

### Noun

草(そう)紙(し) • (sōshi)
* a text in which pages are bound together as a book
* the contents contained within such a text; a story, journal, etc.
* a manuscript

### See also

* 巻物(まきもの) (makimono)