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草
cǎo
1.
grass
2.
straw
3.
manuscript
4.
draft (of a document)
5.
careless
6.
rough
7.
CL:[[棵<kē>]], [[撮<zuǒ>]], [[株<zhū>]], [[根<gēn>]]
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
草垫
cǎodiàn
straw mattress
草根
cǎogēn
grassroots
芒草
mángcǎo
Miscanthus (genus of grass)
草场
cǎochǎng
pastureland
草书
cǎoshū
grass script
草果
cǎoguǒ
black cardamom
紫草
zǐcǎo
red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon)
艾草
àicǎo
Asian mugwort or wormwood (genus Artemesia)
草包
cǎobāo
idiot
草坪
cǎopíng
lawn
草屯
Cǎotún
Caotun or Tsaotun town in Nantou county [[南投縣|南投县<Nántóuxiàn>]], central Taiwan
草料
cǎoliào
fodder
草木
cǎomù
vegetation
草本
cǎoběn
grass
粪草
fèncǎo
trash
纸草
zhǐcǎo
papyrus
烟草
yāncǎo
tobacco
缬草
xiécǎo
valerian (Valeriana officinalis)
茅草
máocǎo
sogon grass
茜草
qiàncǎo
Rubia cordifolia
Example Sentences (1)
当然是春天，天气不那么冷了，草和树都绿了，花也开了。
Dāngrán shì chūntiān,tiānqì bú nàme lěng le,cǎo hé shù dōu lǜ le,huā yě kāi le.
Of course it's spring, the weather isn't that cold anymore, the grass and the trees have turned green, and the flowers have bloomed too.
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 3
- Character Frequency Rank
- 788
- Word Frequency Rank
- 2,376 of 84,292