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草

cǎo

HSK 3 Character Measure word 棵、撮、株、根

What 草 means

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

Other readings

草 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• cǎovariant of {草|cǎo}
• càovariant of {肏|cào}

Example sentences

• 马吃草。
  Horses eat grass.
• 羊吃草。
  Sheep eat grass.
• 牛吃牧草。
  Niú chī mùcǎo.
  Cows are grazing in the meadow.
• 离开草坪!
  Get off the lawn!
• 草木皆兵。
  Every bush and tree looks like an enemy.
• 老牛吃嫩草。
  Lǎoniúchīnèncǎo.
  Old women like dating young men.

Words starting with 草

• 草案cǎo àndraft (legislation, proposal etc)
• 草率cǎo shuàicareless; negligent; sloppy
• 草原cǎo yuángrassland; prairie
• 草地cǎo dìlawn; meadow; sod
• 草坪cǎo pínglawn
• 草草cǎo cǎocarelessly; hastily
• 草莓cǎo méistrawberry; (Taiwan) hickey; love bite
• 草丛cǎo cóngunderbrush
• 草木cǎo mùvegetation; plants
• 草根cǎo gēngrass roots (lit. and fig.)
• 草稿cǎo gǎodraft; outline; sketch
• 草帽cǎo màostraw hat
• 草场cǎo chǎngpastureland
• 草药cǎo yàoherbal medicine
• 草鞋cǎo xiéstraw sandals
• 草皮cǎo píturf; sward; sod
• 草书cǎo shūgrass script; cursive script (Chinese calligraphic style)
• 草席cǎo xístraw mat
• 草图cǎo túa sketch; rough drawing
• 草拟cǎo nǐfirst draft; to draw up (a first version)
• 草甸cǎo diànmeadow
• 草民cǎo mínthe grass roots; the hoi polloi
• 草包cǎo bāobag made of woven straw; bag filled with straw; (fig.) a good-for-nothing
• 草纸cǎo zhǐrough straw paper; toilet paper; brown paper

Words containing 草

• 起草qǐ cǎoto make a draft; to draw up (plans)
• 花草huā cǎoflowers and plants
• 稻草dào cǎorice straw
• 青草qīng cǎograss
• 烟草yān cǎotobacco
• 野草yě cǎoweeds; mistress or prostitute (old)
• 水草shuǐ cǎoaquatic plants; water and grass…
• 杂草zá cǎoweeds
• 香草xiāng cǎoaromatic herb; vanilla; alternative name for Eupatorium fortunei
• 干草gān cǎohay
• 潦草liáo cǎoslipshod; careless; slovenly; (of handwriting) scrawly; illegible
• 百草bǎi cǎoall kinds of grass; all kinds of flora
• 稻草人dào cǎo rénscarecrow
• 荒草huāng cǎoweeds; brush (vegetation); wild grassland
• 中草药zhōng cǎo yàoChinese herbal medicine
• 风吹草动fēng chuī cǎo dòng(lit.) grass stirring in the wind (idiom); (fig.) the slightest whiff of trouble
• 甘草gān cǎolicorice root
• 割草gē cǎomow grass
• 斩草除根zhǎn cǎo chú gēnto cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch…
• 枯草kū cǎowithered grass; dry grass
• 粮草liáng cǎoarmy provisions; rations and fodder
• 柴草chái cǎofirewood
• 牧草mù cǎopasture grass; fodder
• 出草chū cǎo(of Taiwan aborigines) to go on a headhunting expedition

Characters that look like 草

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 事shìmatter; thing; item
• 单dānbill; list; form
• 享xiǎngto enjoy; to benefit; to have the use of
• 卑bēilow; base; vulgar
• 茸róng(bound form) (of newly sprouted grass) soft and fine; downy
• 阜fùabundant; mound

Sounds the same

Read cǎo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 艹grass radical 草字头儿
• 懆anxious; sad