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cǎo

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cǎo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cǎo | cao3
English translation
variant of cǎo [cǎo]
variant of cào [cào]
grass, herbs; straw, thatch

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About cǎo

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

cǎo

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

grass

Etymology of cǎo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹早

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

zǎo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and zǎo represents the sound.

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Example sentences using cǎo

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jiāng gěi 房屋 fáng wū de 草图 cǎo tú .

I will send you a slight sketch of the house.

农民 nóngmín men dài zhāo jiā xiǎo zài 草地 cǎo dì shǎng 走动 zǒu dòng , 来往 lái wǎng 花丛 huā cóng ǎi shù 之间 zhī jiān .

The farmers and their families were moving about the lawn, among the flowers and shrubs.

yào 剂师仔细 zǐxì de pèi hǎo 草药 cǎo yào , bìng 告诉 gàosu jiān yào de 方法 fāngfǎ .

The pharmacist carefully measured out a dose of herbal medicine and told me how to brew it.

因而 yīnér 需要 xūyào jiào 大量 dà liàng gài 固定 gùdìng 草酸 cǎo suān .

Thus there is a greater calcium need to immobilize the oxalate.

他们 tā men 拔除 bá chú le 坟墓 fénmù shǎng de 茂草荨麻 qián má , kǎn duàn ǎi shù gēn zhū .

They plucked the long grass and nettles from the tombs, thinned the poor shrubs and roots.

Words with cǎo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
cǎo grass cǎo
草案 cǎoàn draft (legislation, proposal etc)草案 cǎoàn
草莓 cǎo méi strawberry草莓 cǎo méi
草坪 cǎo píng lawn草坪 cǎo píng
烟草 yān cǎo tobacco煙草
草原 cǎo yuán grassland草原 cǎo yuán
草地 cǎo dì lawn草地 cǎo dì
起草 qǐcǎo to make a draft起草 qǐcǎo
香草 xiāng cǎo vanilla香草 xiāng cǎo
草根 cǎo gēn grassroots草根 cǎo gēn
草率 cǎoshuài careless草率 cǎoshuài
稻草 dào cǎo rice straw稻草 dào cǎo
草药 cǎo yào herbal medicine草藥
草图 cǎo tú a sketch草圖
杂草 zá cǎo weeds雜草
草草 cǎo cǎo carelessly草草 cǎo cǎo
甘草 gān cǎo licorice root甘草 gān cǎo
花草 huā cǎo flowers and plants花草 huā cǎo
草丛 cǎo cóng underbrush草叢
草稿 cǎo gǎo draft草稿 cǎo gǎo
稻草人 dào cǎo rén scarecrow稻草人 dào cǎo rén
干草 gān cǎo hay乾草
草场 cǎo chǎng pastureland草場
打草惊蛇 dǎ cǎo jīng shé lit. beat the grass to scare the snake打草驚蛇
草皮 cǎo pí turf草皮 cǎo pí

cǎo Decomposition & Compounds

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cǎo Decomposition

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