草 (cǎo): grass
草 (cǎo) is a Chinese character meaning “grass.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 艹 (semantic) and 早 (phonetic). It ranks #789 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 草 grass. Its radical form 艹 (grass) appears in many related characters such as 花 (huā, flower), 茶 (chá, tea), 菜 (cài, vegetable, dish).
Definitions
- grass
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 草
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 草莓noun | cǎo méi | strawberry |
| 草坪noun | cǎo píng | lawn |
| 烟草noun | yān cǎo | tobacco |
| 香草noun | xiāng cǎo | aromatic herb |
| 草率adjective | cǎo shuài | careless |
| 起草verb | qǐ cǎo | to make a draft |
| 草图noun | cǎo tú | a sketch |
| 稻草noun | dào cǎo | rice straw |
| 草药noun | cǎo yào | herbal medicine |
| 草稿noun | cǎo gǎo | draft |
| 稻草人noun | dào cǎo rén | scarecrow |
| 干草noun | gān cǎo | hay |
| 割草机noun | gē cǎo jī | lawn mower (machine) |
| 打草惊蛇phrase | dǎ cǎo jīng shé | lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom) |
| 杂草noun | zá cǎo | weeds |
草 appears in 105 compound words: 49 as the first character, 48 as the last, and 4 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 草 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (23)
Describes a situation in which someone is being overly paranoid: to apprehend danger in every sound
to give away your position through rash actions; to alert someone of your presence unwittingly
to give away your position through rash actions; to alert someone of your presence unwittingly
Describes a situation in which someone is being overly paranoid: to apprehend danger in every sound
Showing 12 of 23 idioms containing 草.
Example Sentences
草地上长满了绿色的草，春天来了。
Cǎodì shang zhǎngmǎn le lǜsè de cǎo, chūntiān lái le.
The grassland is covered with green grass; spring has come.
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摩根士丹利推薦值得關注的頂級煙草股
mó gēn shì dān lì tuī 薦 zhí dé 關 zhù de 頂 級 煙 cǎo gǔ
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獅潭新鳳吊橋旁 薰衣草全面盛開中
獅 tán xīn 鳳 diào 橋 páng 薰 yī cǎo quán miàn shèng 開 zhōng
Lavender in Full Bloom Beside Shitan Xinfeng Suspension Bridge
開工首日開金庫 草屯農會發送2088瓶發財水
開 gōng shǒu rì 開 jīn 庫 cǎo tún 農 會 發 sòng píng 發 財 shuǐ
On the first day of work, the vault was opened. Cao-Tun Agricultural Cooperative distributed 2,088 bottles of prosperity water.
美高官指如伊朗48小時內提交核協議草案 料美伊周五談判
měi gāo guān zhǐ rú yī lǎng xiǎo 時 內 tí jiāo hé 協 議 cǎo àn liào měi yī zhōu wǔ 談 pàn
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在草原上照顾羊群的人叫什么？
Zài cǎoyuán shàng zhàogu yángqún de rén jiào shénme?
What do you call a man who takes care of sheep in the field?
你可不可以帮忙除草浇花？
Nǐ kě bù kěyǐ bāngmáng chú cǎo jiāo huā?
Could you please pull the weeds and water the flowers?
你最后一次赤脚在草地上走是什么时候？
Nǐ zuìhòu yī cì chìjiǎo zài cǎodì shàng zǒu shì shénme shíhou?
When was the last time you walked barefoot on a meadow?
我有草莓，你想吃吗？
Wǒ yǒu cǎoméi, nǐ xiǎng chī ma?
I have strawberries. Do you want to eat some?
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