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cāo

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cāo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cāo | cao1
English translation
rough
coarse (in texture)
coarse, harsh, rough; coarse rice

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About cāo

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

cāo

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

rice

Etymology of cāo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

米造

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

zào

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and zào represents the sound.

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Example sentences using cāo

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最初 zuìchū 粗糙 cūcāo de zài 墓碑 mù bēi shǎng de 骷髅 kū lóu 交叉 jiāochā de 大腿骨图形 tú xíng ,已为 dài 翅膀 chìbǎng de 天使 tiān shǐ suǒ 代替 dàitì .

The skull - and - crossbones crudely carved on the first tombstones was replaced by a winged cherub.

zuì zǎo de nèi huà ,画面 huà miàn 简单 jiǎndān 粗糙 cūcāo .

In the beginning the pictures were simple and roughly drawn.

zhè zhǐ shì piān 非常 fēicháng 粗糙 cūcāo de 译稿.

It's just a very rough translation.

汤姆 Tāng mǔ xiān xià , biān 往下 zǒu , biān 一些 yī xiē 粗糙 cūcāo de 脚蹬 jiǎo dēng ér .

Tom went first, cutting rude steps in the clay hill as he descended.

玛润: 窝糙? huí 事儿 shì r ?

Marine: What the hell is that?

Words with cāo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
粗糙 cūcāo crude粗糙 cūcāo
cāo rough cāo
糙米 cāo mǐ brown rice糙米 cāo mǐ

cāo Decomposition & Compounds

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cāo Decomposition

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