The Chinese word for grass is
草
cǎo
Chinese Definition
| grass | |
| 1. 草 |
Translations for grass and their definitions
| 草 | |
| 1. herbaceous plant; herb; weed; wort; grass; forb | |
| 草地 上 有 一 頭 牛 在 吃 草。 - There is one cow eating grass on the lawn. | |
| 香草 - fragrant herb | |
| 蒿草 - mugwort | |
| 2. Used in names of some woody plants | |
| 莽草 - Illicium henryi and Illicium lanceolatum | |
| 舞草 - Codariocalyx motorius | |
| 醉魚草 - Buddleja lindleyana | |
| 3. straw | |
| 稻草 - rice straw | |
| 草鞋 - straw sandals | |
| 4. (Cantonese, slang) marijuana; cannabis; weed | |
| 㨃deoi2 草 - to smoke weed | |
| 5. (dated) countryside; wilderness | |
| 落草為wéi寇 - to become a bandit in the countryside | |
| 6. common; ordinary | |
| 草金魚 - common goldfish | |
| 7. (dialectal, chiefly of livestock or poultry) female | |
| 8. draft; sketch | |
| 9. careless; rough; sloppy | |
| 10. to draft | |
| 草擬 - to draft; to draw up (a plan) | |
| 11. (calligraphy) Short for 草書, cursive script (grass script) | |
| 狂草 - wild cursive | |
| 12. cursive | |
| 13. (chemistry) oxalic | |
| 14. Variant of 皂 | |
| 15. (slang) Alternative form of 肏 (fuck) | |
| 16. (neologism, internet slang) LOL | |
| 草（中日 雙語） - fuck lmao | |
| 17. (neologism, internet slang) hilarious | |
| 這 也 太 草 了 吧。 - Isn't this a bit too hilarious? |
| 青草 | |
| 1. n. grass; green grass | |
| 2. n. (Min Nan) medicinal herbs | |
| 3. n. (Lukang Hokkien) grass jelly |
| 雜草 | |
| 1. n. weed (unwanted plant) | |
| 拔除 雜草 - to remove weeds |
| 杂草 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 雜草 |
| 草坪 | |
| 1. n. lawn; grass | |
| 請 勿 踐踏 草坪。 - Please keep off the grass. |
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