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  • 1

    n.grass; hay; straw

    • yáng zài shān shang chī cǎo

      The sheep are grazing on the hillside.

    • cǎo kě yǐ zuò sì liào yě kě yǐ zào zhǐ

      可以饲料可以造纸

      Straw can be used both for fodder and for papermaking.

    • dì lǐ zhǎng mǎn le cǎo

      The field is overgrown with grass.

  • 2

    n.draft

    • qǐ cǎo

      起草

      prepare a draft

    • cǎo àn

      草案

      draft agreement

    • cǎo tú

      草图

      stretch

  • 3

    adj.careless; rough

    • zì xiě de hěn cǎo

      The handwriting is very sloppy.

    • liáo cǎo

      潦草

      sloppy

    • zhè jǐ gè zì xiě de tài cǎo

      These characters are written in a sloppy hand.

  • 4

    v.draw up/out; make a draft

    • cǎo nǐ

      草拟

      draw up

    • cǎo chuàng

      start an enterprise

  • 5

    n.wilderness; humble

    • cǎo zéi

      草贼

      outlaw in the woods

    • luò cǎo wéi kòu

      落草为寇

      turn to a life of banditry

  • 6

    adj.infmlfemale livestock or poultry

    • cǎo jī

      hen

    • cǎo mǎ

      mare

  • 7

    n.(of calligraphy) cursive hand

    • kuáng cǎo

      狂草

      a highly cursive script

    • cǎo shū

      草书

      cursive hand; running hand

Words and phrases with 草

Word usage

  • "草" is often matched with measure word "根"or"捆"or"堆".
    • one blade of grass

    • one bundle of grass

    • one pile of grass

Similar-form characters to 草