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草 (cou2) — the script type of Chinese calligraphy in Cantonese

couˊ²草
Mandarin Pinyin: cao3

Meaning of 草

nounthe script type of Chinese calligraphy
noungrass; herbs; weed
noundraft (writing); [v] draft
nouncoarse; crude
noun(noun) boy or male; (Chinese radical) in a component form "艹"

Example Sentences with 草

你食咗草龍咩咁好唱口
You are happily singing non-stop. Are you on drugs?
而家佢著緊草，梗係聯絡佢唔到啦
He is definitely uncontactable now since he is on the run.
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I saw a bright and really tall streetlight on the grass a few months ago.
呢隻草蜢，我覺得佢嘅聲音好好聽㗎！
I love the sound this grasshopper makes!
呢隻草蜢，我好鐘意佢嘅聲音㗎！
I love the sound this grasshopper makes!
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Words Containing 草

甘草gam1 cou2
licorice root
拔草bat6 cou2
pull out the grass
草蜢cou2 maang2
grasshopper
草莓cou2 mui2
Taiwan slang for a hickey or love bite
草案cou2 on3
draft (contract; proposal; legislation etc.)
草皮cou2 pei4
divot, greensward, sward
牧草muk6 cou2
pasture; forage grass; pasturage
草羊cou2 joeng2
a goat
煙草jin1 cou2
tobacco
奇花異草kei4 faa1 ji6 cou2
(saying) rarely seen; unusual
大芻草daai6 co1 cou2
teosinte (precursor to maize and modern day corn)
掹草mang1 cou2
拔草

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