草 (cou2 | cao3 zao4) : grass; herbs; weed

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草

cou2

cao3 zao4

[1] [n] grass; herbs; weed [2] coarse; crude [3] [n] draft (writing); [v] draft [4] the script type of Chinese calligraphy

Stroke count: 12

Level: 2

Radical: 艸 (#140)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

草

This word has been viewed 15425 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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青草 ceng1 cou2 qing1 cao3 = grass

藥草 joek6 cou2 = medical herbs

草地 cou2 dei6 cao3 di4 = lawn; turf; sod; grass

水草 seoi2 cou2 = aquatic weed; water grass; float glass

草紙 cou2 zi2 = rough straw paper; toilet paper

海草 hoi2 cou2 hai3 cao3 = seaweed

草魚 cou2 jyu4*2 = grass carp; Chinese ide (fish)

香草 hoeng1 cou2 xiang1 cao3 = herb; vanilla

乾草 gon1 cou2 gan1 cao3 = hay

如草 jyu4 cou2 ru2 cao3 = grassy

草羊 cou2 joeng4*2 = a goat

草圖 cou2 tou4 cao3 tu2 = sketch

四草 sei3 cou2 si4 cao3 = 40 bucks; 40 dollars 粵

剷草 caan2 cou2 chan3 cao3 = remove weeds

草莓 cou2 mui4*2 cao3 mei2 = strawberry, berries, raspberries

隊草 deoi6*2 cou2 = smoking weed

煙草 jin1 cou2 yan1 cao3 = tobacco

斬草除根 zaam2 cou2 ceoi4 gan1 zhan3 cao3 chu2 gen1 = (saying) to pull up by the roots - to completely eradicate

草率 cou2 seot1 cao3 shuai4 = thoughtlessly; sloppy; careless; not serious

草案 cou2 on3 cao3 an4 = draft (contract; proposal; legislation etc.)

草原 cou2 jyun4 cao3 yuan2 = grassland; savanna; prairie

奇花異草 kei4 faa1 ji6 cou2 qi2 hua1 yi4 cao3 = (saying) rarely seen; unusual

起草 hei2 cou2 qi3 cao3 = to draw up; to draft

野草 je5 cou2 ye3 cao3 = weed

草稿 cou2 gou2 cao3 gao3 = outline, sketch

潦草 liu4/liu2 cou2 liao3 cao3 = [adj] haphazard; careless; illegible

草皮 cou2 pei4 cao3 pi2 = divot, greensward, sward

鋪草皮 pou1 cou2 pei4 = sward

草擬 cou2 ji5 = draft; draw; sketch out

草菇 cou2 gu1 = straw mushroom

稻草 dou6 cou2 = rice straw

草蜢 cou2 maang5*2 cao3 meng3 = grasshopper 粵

蟲草 cung4 cou2 chong2 cao3 = Chinese caterpillar fungus, Chinese herb

除草 ceoi4 cou2 = weeding

茅草 maau4 cou2 = couch-grass

草根階層 cou2 gan1 gaai1 cang4 cao3 gen1 jie1 ceng2 = grassroots stratum

怕醜草 paa3 cau2 cou2 = mimosa pudica

大草 daai6 cou2 = highly cursive writing

禾稈草 wo4 gon2 cou2 = hay

皮草 pei4 cou2 = furs at furriers

頭大冇腦,腦大生草 tau4 daai6 mou5 nou5, nou5 daai6 saang1 cou2 tou2 da4 mao3 nao3, nao3 da4 sheng5 cao3 = someone doesn't think before he acts (lit., "big head, no brains") 粵

寸草不生 cyun3 cou2 bat1 saang1 cun4 cao3 bu4 sheng1 = not even a blade of grass grows

紫草茸 zi2 cou2 jung4 zi3 cao3 rong2 = shellac; lac

櫻花草 jing1 faa1 cou2 ying1 hua1 cao3 = primrose

柴草 caai4 cou2 chai2 cao3 = faggot; fagot; firewood

草食性動物 cou2 sik6 sing3 dung6 mat6 cao3 shi3 xing4 dong4 wu4 = herbivore

人工草皮 jan4 gung1 cou2 pei4 ren2 gong1 cao3 pi2 = artificial turf; artificial grass

稻草人 dou6 cou2 jan4*2 dao4 cao3 ren2 = (n.) scarecrow

草地滾球 cou2 dei6 gwan2 kau4 = lawn bowls

一草 jat1 cou2 = $10HK (lit., "grass", 草 is $10HK) 粵

剪草 zin2 cou2 jian3 cao3 = to mow grass

草頭王 cou2 tau4 wong4 cao3 tou2 wang2 = a bandit chief

剪草機 zin2 cou2 gei1 jian3 cao3 ji1 = a grass cutter, a mower

草龍 cou2 lung4*2 = a cigarette spiked with heroin (lit., "grass dragon")

草披 cou2 pei1 = lawn, turf, sod; a mattress 粵

罨生草藥 ap1 saang1 cou2 joek6 = to apply medicinal herbs onto body 粵

鹹水草 haam4 seoi2 cou2 = salt water grass, used to make mats or tie up bundles at the grocer

掹草 mang1 cou2 = pull out the grass 粵

拔草 bat6 cou2 ba2 cao3 = pull out the grass

皮薩草 pei4 saat3 cou2 = oregano

麝香草 se6 hoeng1 cou2 = thyme

草席 cou2 zek6 cao3 xi2 = straw mat (also 草蓆)

草蓆 cou2 zek6 cao3 xi2 = straw mat (also 草席)

打草驚蛇 daa2 cou2 ging1 se4 da3 cao3 jing1 she2 = wake a sleeping dog

疾風勁草 zat6 fung1 ging6 cou2 = hardy grass weathers the storm

草木 cou2 muk6 cao3 mu4 = grasslands and forests; vegetation; flora

算死草 syun3 sei2 cou2 = extremely cautious about (calculating) money; a miser 粵

臭草 cau3 cou2 = common rue herb (Herba Rutae)

草本 cou2 bun2 cao3 ben3 = herbaceous

滑草場 waat6 cou2 coeng4 hua2 cao3 chang3 = grass-skiing slopes

藍草莓 laam4 cou2 mui4*2 lan2 cao3 mei4 = blueberry

牛草肚 ngau4 cou2 tou5 = cow stomach (as a dish of food); beef tripe

草木皆兵 cou2 muk6 gaai1 bing1 cao3 mu4 jie1 bing1 = to feel surrounded by enemies

三葉草 saam1 jip6 cou2 san1 ye4 cao3 = a clover; clover

野草燒不盡春風吹又生 je5 cou2 siu1 bat1 zeon6 ceon1 fung1 ceoi1 jau6 sang1 = there will always be criminals

草字頭 cou2 zi6 tau4 cao3 zi4 tou2 = Kangxi radical 140 (grass) (艹)

甘草 gam1 cou2 gan1 cao3 = licorice root

好馬不吃回頭草 hou2 maa5 bat1 hek3 wui4 tau4 cou2 = to never go back (relationship, jobs etc.)

雜草 zaap6 cou2 za2 cao3 = weeds

割草機 got3 cou2 gei1 ge1 cao3 ji1 = lawnmower (machine)

綠草如茵 luk6 cou2 jyu4 jan1 = green grass looks like velvet carpet

四葉草 sei3 jip6 cou2 si4 ye4 cao3 = four leaf clover

揩草 haai1 cou2 kai1 cao3 = take pot; be high on weed; be high on marijuana 粵

夏枯草 haa6 fu1 cou2 xia4 ku1 cao3 = common selfheal plant; prunella vulgaris

艾草 ngaai6 cou2 ai4 cao3 = mugwort

草叢 cou2 cung4 cao3 cong2 = underbrush

牧草 muk6 cou2 mu4 cao3 = pasture; forage grass; pasturage

魚腥草 jyu4 seng1 cou2 = herba houttuyniae

冬蟲夏草 dung1 cung4 haa6 cou2 dong1 chong2 xia4 cao3 = Chinese caterpillar fungus

草花頭 cou2 faa1 tau4*2 cao3 hua1 tou2 = Kangxi radical 140 (grass) (艹) 粵

草蝦 cou2 haa1 = black tiger prawn

豬籠草 zyu1 lung4 cou2 = the pitcher plant

仙草 sin1 cou2 xian1 cao3 = a kind of plant used as a medicinal herb in ancient times; alternate name for grass jelly

殺草快 saat3 cou2 faai3 sha1 cao3 kuai4 = diquat dibromide (herbicide)

城市規劃條例草案 sing4 si5 kwai1 waak6 tiu4 lai6 cou2 on3 = Town Planning Bill

草山 cou2 saan1 = Grassy Hill (tenth highest hill in HK)

拈花惹草 nim1 faa1 je5 cou2 nian3 hua1 re2 cao3 (Taiwan), nian1 hua1 re2 cao3 (PRC) = to flirt or have affairs with many women

著草 zoek3 cou2 zhuo2 cao3 = be a fugitive on the run 粵

小二仙草 siu2 ji6 sin1 cou2 = Haloragis micrantha (creeping raspwort)

毛草龍 mou4 cou2 lung4*2 = Ludwigia octovalis var. sessiflora (primrose willow)

草原袋鼠 cou2 jyun4 doi6 syu2 = Bettongia species (rat-kangaroos)

草莓番石榴 cou2 mui4*2 faan1 sek6 lau4*2 = Psidium littorale (strawberry guava)

牆頭草 coeng4 tau4 cou2 = fence-sitter

草書 cou2 syu1 cao3 shu1 = cursive script (Chinese calligraphy style)

接骨草 zip3 gwat1 cou2 jie1 gu3 cao3 = China Elder (Sambucus chinensis Lindl.)

枯草桿菌 fu1 cou2 gon2 kwan2 ku1 cao3 gan3 jun4 = Bacillus subtilis; grass bacillus; hay bacillus; hay-bacillus

牆頭草隨風倒 coeng4 tau4 cou2 ceoi4 fung1 dou2 qiang2 tou2 cao3 sui2 feng1 dao3 = grass atop the wall bends in whatever direction of the wind

薰衣草 fan1 ji1 cou2 xun1 yi1 cao3 = lavender

琴柱草 kam4 cyu5 cou2 qin2 zhu4 cao3 = salvia

草泥馬 cou2 nai4 maa5 cao3 ni2 ma3 = grass mud horse 國

鴨舌草 aap3 sit6 cou2 ya1 she2 cao3 = heartshape false pickerelweed (Monochoria vaginalis)

草龍珠 cou2 lung4 zyu1 cao3 long2 zhu1 = vitis vinifera

天涯何處無芳草 tin1 ngaai4 ho4 cyu3 mou4 fong1 cou2 tian1 ya2 he2 chu4 wu2 fang1 cao3 = there are tons of potential mates in the world; there are plenty of fish in the sea;

雞骨草 gai1 gwat1 cou2 ji1 gu3 cao3 = herba abri, Canton Love-pea vine

落草為寇 lok6 cou2 wai4 kau3 luo4 cao3 wei2 kou4 = to become an outlaw

藍草音樂 laam4 cou2 jam1 ngok6 lan2 cao3 yin1 yue4 = Bluegrass music

纈草 hit3 cou2 xie2 cao3 = valerian

月見草 jyut6 gin3 cou2 yue4 jian4 cao3 = evening primrose, oenothera

大芻草 daai6 co1 cou2 da4 chu2 cao3 = teosinte

飯糗茹草 faan6 jau2 jyu4 cou2 fan4 qiu3 ru2 cao3 = live in abject poverty 國

草菅人命 cou2 gaan1 jan4 meng6 cao3 jian1 ren2 ming4 = treat human life with indifference

山草藥 saan1 cou2 joek6 shan1 cao3 yao4 = talk nonsense 粵

本草綱目 bun2 cou2 gong1 muk6 ben3 cao3 gang1 mu4 = An Outline Treatise of Medical Herbs, compiled by Li3 Shi2 Zhen1 李時珍

本草 bun2 cou2 ben3 cao3 = a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine; Chinese materia medica

草屯鎮 cou2 tyun4 zan3 cao3 tun2 zhen4 = Tsaotun (town in Taiwan)

草莓族 cou2 mui4 zuk6 cao3 mei2 zu2 = strawberry generation

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呢隻草蜢，我覺得佢嘅聲音好好聽㗎！粵
I love the sound this grasshopper makes!
[Lit. This [counter] grasshopper, I feel his sound very good-listen [particle].]

呢隻草蜢，我好鐘意佢嘅聲音㗎！粵
I love the sound this grasshopper makes!
[Lit. This [counter] grasshopper, I very like his sound [particle]. Note that 㗎 can be used interchangeably with 囉 here.]

你食咗草龍咩咁好唱口粵
You are happily singing non-stop. Are you on drugs?

而家佢著緊草，梗係聯絡佢唔到啦粵
He is definitely uncontactable now since he is on the run.

我幾個月前見到有一盞又好光又非常之高嘅街燈喺草地上面粵
I saw a bright and really tall streetlight on the grass a few months ago.
[Lit. I several months before see-arrive have one [counter] and bright and very tall [possessive particle] streetlight located grass-floor on.]

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