| cǎo | grass/straw/manuscript/draft (of a document)/careless/rough/CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1] |
| 草 | grass straw manuscript |
| 草业 | grass cultivation |
| 草丛 | underbrush |
| 草书 | grass script (a style of Chinese calligraphy) cursive |
| 草人 | strawman |
| 草体 | script |
| 草兰 | cymbidium; orchid |
| 草写 | cursive |
| 草创 | start |
| 草创时期 | an initial stage; a pioneering stage |
| 草刺儿 | very tiny thing |
| 草包 | idiot straw bag |
| 草原 | grassland prairie CL:片 |
| 草原巨蜥 | Savannah monitor (Varanus exanthematicus) |
| 草原带 | steppe zone |
| 草叉 | fork; pitch-fork; hay fork |
| 草台班子 | false group |
| 草叶集 | Leaves of Grass |
| 草图 | a sketch rough drawing |
| 草圃 | grass garden |