草

Grass in Chinese: 草 (cǎo)

cǎo

grass

HSK 32 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1grass
  2. 2straw
  3. 3manuscript
  4. 4draft (of a document)
  5. 5careless
  6. 6rough

Stroke order

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草

Zhuyin

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ㄘㄠˇ

cǎo

ㄘ/ cㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 离开草坪!

    lí kāi cǎo píng!

    Get off the lawn!

  • 草木皆兵。

    cǎo mù jiē bīng。

    Every bush and tree looks like an enemy.

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Related words

草地

cǎo dì

lawn

草原

cǎo yuán

grassland

草案

cǎo àn

draft (legislation, proposal etc)

草坪

cǎo píng

lawn

稻草

dào cǎo

rice straw

潦草

liáo cǎo

slipshod

起草

qǐ cǎo

to make a draft

奇花异草

qí huā yì cǎo

very rarely seen, unusual (idiom)

斩草除根

zhǎn cǎo chú gēn

to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom)

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