| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 百草枯 | bǎi cǎo kū | paraquat | |
| 本草 | běn cǎo | a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine; Chinese materia medica | |
| 本草綱目 | 本草纲目 | běn cǎo gāng mù | An Outline Treatise of Medical Herbs, compiled by Li3 Shi2 Zhen1 李时珍 |
| 捕蠅草 | 捕蝇草 | bǔ yíng cǎo | venus flytrap |
| 草 | cǎo | grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty | |
| 草案 | cǎo àn | draft (legislation, proposal, etc.) | |
| 草本 | cǎo běn | herb | |
| 草草 | cǎo cǎo | careless; hasty | |
| 草叢 | 草丛 | cǎo cóng | underbrush |
| 草地 | cǎo dì | lawn; meadow; sod; turf | |
| 草地負鼠屬 | 草地负鼠属 | Cǎo dì fù shǔ shǔ | Patagonian Opossum |
| 草稿 | cǎo gǎo | outline; sketch | |
| 草根 | cǎo gēn | grassroots democracy | |
| 草海桐科 | Cǎo hǎi tóng kē | Goodeniaceae | |
| 草料 | cǎo liào | fodder | |
| 草莓 | cǎo méi | strawberry | |
| 草坪 | cǎo píng | lawn | |
| 草山 | cǎo shān | Grassy Hill (hill in Hong Kong) | |
| 草書 | 草书 | cǎo shū | cursive script (East Asia) |
| 草率 | cǎo shuài | (adj) careless; not serious | |
| 草酸 | cǎo suān | oxalic acid | |
| 草屯鎮 | 草屯镇 | Cǎo tún zhèn | (N) Tsaotun (town in Taiwan) |
| 草鴞 | cǎo xiāo | (n) barn owl | |
| 草藥 | 草药 | cǎo yào | Chinese herbology |
| 草野博紀 | 草野博纪 | Cǎo yě bó jì | Hironori Kusano |
| 草魚 | 草鱼 | cǎo yú | grass carp |
| 草原 | cǎo yuán | grassland; prairie | |
| 草原袋鼠屬 | 草原袋鼠属 | cǎo yuán dài shǔ shǔ | bettong |
| 草原鼬 | cǎo yuán yòu | Patagonian Weasel | |
| 除草劑 | 除草剂 | chú cǎo jì | (n) herbicide; weed killer |
| 寸草不生 | cùn cǎo bù shēng | "not even a blade of grass grows" | |
| 大草原 | dà cǎo yuán | prairie | |
| 稻草 | dào cǎo | straw | |
| 稻草人 | dào cǎo rén | scarecrow | |
| 燈心草科 | 灯心草科 | Dēng xīn cǎo kē | Juncaceae |
| 冬蟲夏草 | 冬虫夏草 | dōng chóng xià cǎo | vegetable caterpillar |
| 毒草名 | dú cǎo míng | hemlock | |
| 多鬚草科 | 多须草科 | Duō xū cǎo kē | Dasypogonaceae |
| 乾草 | 干草 | gān cǎo | hay |
| 甘草 | gān cǎo | licorice root | |
| 割草 | gē cǎo | mow grass | |
| 花莖草科 | 花茎草科 | Huā jīng cǎo kē | Francoaceae |
| 黃花絨葉草科 | 黄花绒叶草科 | Huáng huā róng yè cǎo kē | Limnocharitaceae |
| 黃眼草科 | 黄眼草科 | Huáng yǎn cǎo kē | Xyridaceae |
| 枯草桿菌 | 枯草杆菌 | kū cǎo gǎn jùn | Bacillus subtilis |
| 潦草 | liǎo cǎo | (adj) haphazard; careless | |
| 鹿草鄉 | 鹿草乡 | Lù cǎo xiāng | (N) Lutsao (village in Taiwan) |
| 葎草 | Lǜ cǎo | Humulus japonicus | |
| 葎草屬 | 葎草属 | lǜ cǎo shǔ | hop |
| 梅花草科 | Méi huā cǎo kē | Parnassiaceae | |
| 皮草 | pí cǎo | fur clothing | |
| 奇花異草 | 奇花异草 | qí huā yì cǎo | (saying) very rarely seen, unusual |
| 起草 | qǐ cǎo | draft (a bill); draw up (plans) | |
| 青草 | qīng cǎo | grass | |
| 日本煙草股份有限公司 | 日本烟草股份有限公司 | Rì běn yān cǎo gǔ fèn yǒu xiàn gōng sī | Japan Tobacco |
| 如草 | rú cǎo | grassy | |
| 三葉草屬 | 三叶草属 | sān yè cǎo shǔ | clover |
| 殺草快 | 杀草快 | shā cǎo kuài | diquat |
| 水草 | shuǐ cǎo | (n) waterweed | |
| 飼草 | 饲草 | sì cǎo | forage grass |
| 粟米草科 | Sù mǐ cǎo kē | Molluginaceae | |
| 薹草 | 苔草 | tái cǎo | Carex |
| 薹草屬 | 苔草属 | tái cǎo shǔ | Carex genus |
| 透骨草科 | Tòu gǔ cǎo kē | Phrymaceae | |
| 王冠草科 | Wáng guān cǎo kē | Malesherbia | |
| 西貢草禽園 | 西贡草禽园 | Xī gòng cǎo qín yuán | Saigon Zoo and Botanic Garden |
| 仙草 | xiān cǎo | a kind of plant used as a medicinal herb in ancient times | |
| 香草 | xiāng cǎo | herb | |
| 血皮草科 | Xuè pí cǎo kē | Haemodoraceae | |
| 熏衣草 | xūn yī cǎo | lavender | |
| 薰衣草 | xūn yī cǎo | lavender | |
| 煙草 | 烟草 | yān cǎo | tobacco |
| 洋二仙草科 | Yáng èr xiān cǎo kē | Gunneraceae | |
| 野草 | yě cǎo | weeds | |
| 異蕊草科 | 异蕊草科 | Yì ruǐ cǎo kē | Laxmanniaceae |
| 櫻花草 | 樱花草 | yīng huā cǎo | primrose |
| 有益野草 | yǒu yì yě cǎo | beneficial weed | |
| 斬草除根 | 斩草除根 | zhǎn cǎo chú gēn | (saying) to pull up by the roots; completely eliminate |
| 紙草 | 纸草 | zhǐ cǎo | papyrus |
Click on the pinyin to hear it pronounced. The simplified version is shown only if different from the traditional.
Return to the main dictionary page.