草
草 in English
- grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]
Measure word
- 撮 zuǒ to pick up (a powder etc) with the fingertips; to scoop up; to collect together; to extract; to gather up; classifier... attested
- 株 zhū tree trunk; stump (tree root); a plant; classifier for trees or plants; strain (biology); to involve others (in shady... attested
- 根 gēn root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; CL:條|条[tiao2]; radical (chemistry) attested
- 棵 kē classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc attested
Stroke order
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How it used to be written
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Warring States script 春秋晚期或戰國早期.秦 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 7 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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为什么草是绿色的？
Why is grass green?
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他有个装满草莓的篮子。
He has a basket full of strawberries.
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咳嗽糖浆有股甘草的味道。
The cough syrup has a licorice flavoring.
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她做了一个四人份的巧克力香草蛋糕。
She made a vanilla chocolate cake for four people.
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妈妈叫我修剪草坪。
Mother told me to mow the lawn.
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我们坐在草地上吧。
Let's sit on the grass.
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我们的花园布满了杂草。
Our garden was full of weeds.
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我听说英国的草在冬天也还是绿的。
I hear the grass in England is green even in the winter.