# 草根
## Chinese

* 草根

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): cǎogēn
    (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄍㄣ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cou$^2$ gan$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhó-kîn
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chháu-kun / chháu-kin
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cǎogēn
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄍㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cǎogen
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻao$^3$-kên$^1$
*** Yale: tsǎu-gēn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaogen
*** Palladius: цаогэнь (caogɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kən⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cǎogēnr
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄍㄣㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cǎogenr
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻao$^3$-kên$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: tsǎu-gēnr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaogel
*** Palladius: цаогэньр (caogɛnʹr)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kəɻ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cou$^2$ gan$^1$
*** Yale: chóu gān
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsou$^2$ gan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cou$^2$ gen$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ kɐn⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhó-kîn
*** Hakka Romanization System: co$^ˋ$ gin$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: co$^3$ gin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo³¹ kin²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-kun
*** Tâi-lô: tsháu-kun
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhaw'kwn
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kun⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kun³³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-kin
*** Tâi-lô: tsháu-kin
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhaw'kyn
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kin⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kin⁴⁴/

### Noun

草根
* (literally) grass root
* (figurative) grass roots (people and society at the local (most basic) level)
* (Harbin Mandarin) grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)

#### Synonyms

* (grass roots): 基層／基层 (jīcéng)
* (grass carp):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 草魚, 鯇 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 草魚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 草根魚, 草根 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 草魚子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 草鯉子, 草魚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 草魚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 草魚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 草魚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 草魚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 草魚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 草魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 草魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 草魚, 草鯇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 草魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin (Lingui) | 草魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 草魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou (Luorong) | 草魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 草魚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 草鯶, 白鯶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 草鯶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 鯇魚 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 鯇魚 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 鯇魚 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 鯇魚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 鯇魚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 鯇魚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 鯇魚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 鯇魚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 鯇魚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 鯇魚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 鯇魚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 鯇魚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 鯇魚 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 鯇魚 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 鯇魚 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 鯇魚 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 鯇魚 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 鯇魚 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 鯇魚 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 鯇魚 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 鯇魚 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 鯇魚 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 鯇魚 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 鯇魚 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 鯇魚 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 鯇魚, 草魚 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 鯇魚, 草魚 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 草魚 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 草魚 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 鯇魚 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 鯇魚 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 鯇魚 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 鯇魚 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 鯇魚 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 草魚 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 鯇魚 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 鯇魚 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 鯇魚 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 鯇魚 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 鯇魚 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 草魚 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 草魚 |
| Gan | Pengze | 草魚 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 草魚 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 草魚 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 鯇仔 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 鯇哩, 鯇公 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 鯇魚 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) | 草鯇 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) | 草鯇 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) | 草鯇 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 鯇魚 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) | 鯇仔 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) | 鯇魚 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 鯇魚 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 鯇魚 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 鯇魚 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 鯇哩 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 鯇魚 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) | 鯇魚 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 鯇魚 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) | 鯇魚 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 鯇魚 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) | 鯇魚 |
| Hakka | Nanxiong (Zhuji) | 鯇咧 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) | 鯇魚 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) | 鯇魚 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 鯇魚 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 草魚, 鯇 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 鯇魚, 草魚, 鯇子, 草子 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 鯇子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 草魚 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 草魚 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 草魚 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 草魚 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 草魚 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 草魚 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 鯇魚 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 鯇魚 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 草魚, 青魚 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 草魚 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 草魚 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 草魚 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 草魚 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 草魚 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 草魚 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 草魚 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 草魚 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 草魚 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 草魚 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 草魚 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 草魚 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 草魚 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 草魚 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 草魚 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 草魚 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 草魚 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 草魚 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 草魚 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 草魚 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 草魚 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 草魚 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 草魚 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 草魚 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 草魚 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 草魚 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 草魚 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 草魚 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 鯇魚 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 草鰱, 草魚 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 草鰱 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 草鰱 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 草鰱 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 草鰱 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 草鰱 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 草鰱 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 鯇魚 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 鯇魚 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 草魚 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Shajing) | 草魚 |
| Southern Pinghua | Binyang (Xinqiao) | 草魚 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Chaoyang) | 草魚 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Zhuyuan) | 草魚 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Tanxia) | 草魚 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 草魚 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 草青 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 草魚 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 鯇魚 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 鯇魚 |
| Wu | Danyang | 草魚, 草紋 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 鯇魚 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 草魚 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 草青, 草魚 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 青魚, 草魚 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 草魚 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 草魚 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 草魚 |
| Xiang | Guanyang (Wenshi) | 草魚 |

### Adjective

草根
* (attributive) grass-roots