草猴

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: cao2 gao5
POJ: tsháu-kâu
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

noun: praying mantis
草猴

The praying-mantis sense is tagged Teochew but oddly qualified 'Taiwanese Hakka' on the same page, and a separate adjective sense ('frivolous, flighty') tagged Hokkien/Xiamen shares the same reading; the noun sense was judged the better match.

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