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The Chinese word for grass is

cǎo



grass

Chinese Definition


grass
     1.



Translations for grass and their definitions

     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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