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 15361 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
See all 126 compounds (CantoDict reports 128 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 5 examples containing 草

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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Decimal representation of this word: 草
Unicode code for this character: U+8349 (off-site link)

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