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草

cǎo

grass, straw, thatch, herbs

Shadow
Strokes
10
Radical
艸
HSK
2
Tone
3

Other readings: zào

Stroke order

Example sentences

  • 不要走在草地上。

    Bù yào zǒu zài cǎo dì shàng

    Stay off the grass.

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  • 草地看来不错。

    Cǎo dì kàn lai bù cuò

    The grass looks nice.

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  • 我们坐在草地上吧。

    Wǒ men zuò zài cǎo dì shàng ba

    Let's sit on the grass.

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  • 马吃草。

    Mǎ chī cǎo

    Horses eat grass.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 草

  • 草cǎo 3grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough
  • 草地cǎo dì 3–4 lawn; meadow; sod; turf
  • 草原cǎo yuán 3–2 grassland; prairie
  • 起草qǐ cǎo 3–3 → 2–3to make a draft; to draw up (plans)
  • 草案cǎo àn 3–4 draft (legislation, proposal etc)
  • 草率cǎo shuài 3–4 careless; negligent; sloppy; not serious
  • 草坪cǎo píng 3–2 lawn
  • 稻草dào cǎo 4–3 rice straw
  • 斩草除根zhǎn cǎo chú gēn 3–3–2–1 → 2–3–2–1to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch; to eliminate completely
  • 潦草liáo cǎo 2–3 slipshod; careless; slovenly; (of handwriting) scrawly; illegible
  • 奇花异草qí huā yì cǎo 2–1–4–3very rarely seen, unusual (idiom)
  • 草cào 4variant of 肏