草 cǎo — grass; a low plant

Meanings

1. 1

   grass; a low plant

   Grass, and by extension any small green plant that is not a tree. Chinese treats it as an uncountable spread — 草很绿 — much more often than as separate blades.

   noun

Character breakdown

• 草

  cǎo (third tone, dipping)

  grass, straw; rough, careless; a draft, a rough copy; the cursive script

  9 strokes⿱艹早Radical 艸

Example sentences

• 公园里的草很绿。/公園裡的草很綠。Gōngyuán (first tone, high and level) li (neutral tone) de (neutral tone) cǎo (third tone, dipping) hěn (third tone, dipping) lǜ. (fourth tone, falling)···

  The grass in the park is very green.

• 孩子们喜欢在草上玩。/孩子們喜歡在草上玩。Háizimen (second tone, rising) xǐhuan (third tone, dipping) zài (fourth tone, falling) cǎo (third tone, dipping) shang (neutral tone) wán. (second tone, rising)···

  The children like playing on the grass.

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