草 ⇒
草 cǎo/cào, [艸], variant of 草[cǎo], grass/straw/manuscript/draft (of a document)/careless/rough/C...
草莓 cǎoméi, strawberry/CL:顆|颗[kē]/(Tw) hickey/love bite
草坪 cǎopíng, lawn
烟草 yāncǎo, [煙草], tobacco
香草 xiāngcǎo, aromatic herb/vanilla/alternative name for Eupatorium fortunei/(fig.) loyal and ...
草地 cǎodì, lawn/meadow/sod/turf/CL:片[piàn]
草率 cǎoshuài, careless/negligent/sloppy/not serious
起草 qǐcǎo, to make a draft/to draw up (plans)
草原 cǎoyuán, grassland/prairie/CL:片[piàn]
草图 cǎotú, [草圖], a sketch/rough drawing
稻草 dàocǎo, rice straw
草药 cǎoyào, [草藥], herbal medicine
草稿 cǎogǎo, draft/outline/sketch
稻草人 dàocǎorén, scarecrow
割草机 gēcǎojī, [割草機], lawn mower (machine)
干草 gāncǎo, [乾草], hay
打草惊蛇 dǎcǎojīngshé, [打草驚蛇], lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom)/fig. to inadvertently alert an en...
杂草 zácǎo, [雜草], weeds
草丛 cǎocóng, [草叢], underbrush
甘草 gāncǎo, licorice root
草包 cǎobāo, idiot/straw bag
草皮 cǎopí, turf/sward/sod
草草 cǎocǎo, carelessly/hastily
草案 cǎoàn, draft (legislation, proposal etc)
草拟 cǎonǐ, [草擬], first draft/to draw up (a first version)
野草 yěcǎo, weeds/mistress or prostitute (old)
三叶草 sānyècǎo, [三葉草], clover/trefoil
斩草除根 zhǎncǎochúgēn, [斬草除根], to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch/to elim...
麦草 药草 yàocǎo, [藥草], medicinal herb
草场 cǎochǎng, [草場], pastureland
风吹草动 花草 huācǎo, flowers and plants
除草 chúcǎo, to weed
草根 cǎogēn, grass roots (lit. and fig.)
青草 qīngcǎo, grass
除草剂 chúcǎojì, [除草劑], weed killer/herbicide
草木 cǎomù, vegetation/plants
草堆 墙头草 qiángtóucǎo, [牆頭草], sb who goes whichever way the wind blows/sb with no mind of one's own/easily swa...
嫩草 含羞草 hánxiūcǎo, mimosa/sensitive plant (that closes its leaves when touched)
除草机 食草动物 shícǎodòngwù, [食草動物], herbivore
芳草 寸草不生 cùncǎobùshēng, lit. not even a blade of grass grows (idiom)/fig. barren
草帽 cǎomào, straw hat
牧草 mùcǎo, pasture/forage grass/pasturage
烟草业 青草地 草菅人命 cǎojiānrénmìng, to have disregard for human life (idiom)
粮草 liángcǎo, [糧草], army provisions/rations and fodder
剪草机 jiǎncǎojī, [剪草機], lawnmower
草本 cǎoběn, grass/herb
草叶 草窝 草纸 cǎozhǐ, [草紙], rough straw paper/toilet paper/brown paper
草果 cǎoguǒ, black cardamom/(dialect) strawberry
草鞋 cǎoxié, straw sandals
潦草 liáocǎo, careless/slovenly/illegible (of handwriting)
草籽 水草 shuǐcǎo, water plants/habitat with water source and grass
锄草 chúcǎo, [鋤草], to hoe/to weed
草料 cǎoliào, fodder
草体 cǎotǐ, [草體], see 草書|草书[cǎo shū]
莎草 suōcǎo, coco-grass or nut sedge (Cyperus rotundus)
谷草 gǔcǎo, [穀草], straw
拔草 中草药 zhōngcǎoyào, [中草藥], Chinese herbal medicine
草屋 cǎowū, thatched hut
杂草丛生 草书 cǎoshū, [草書], grass script/cursive script (Chinese calligraphic style)
草食 草芥 草本植物 cǎoběnzhíwù, herbaceous plant
金冬草 草履虫 草草收场 cǎocǎoshōuchǎng, [草草收場], to rush to conclude a matter/to end up abruptly
鹿蹄草 草绳 草浆 草垛 草字头 人非草木 茅草屋 茅草 máocǎo, sogon grass
灯心草 dēngxīncǎo, [燈心草], rush (botany)/Juncaceae
草编 cǎobiān, [草編], straw weaving
狂草 莽草 mǎngcǎo, Chinese anise (Ilicium anisatum, a shrub with poisonous leaves)
草鸡 cǎojī, [草雞], free-range chicken/(dialect) hen/cowardly
草雏菊 野牛草 牛至草 樱草 一草一木 草棚 草海 Cǎohǎi, Caohai Lake, Guizhou
草字 草丘 草野 草酸 cǎosuān, oxalic acid CHÒ
草之海 草绿色 蛇根草 海草 hǎicǎo, seagrass
草开花 草种 芳草地
木 ⇒
木 Mù/mù, surname Mu, tree/wood/coffin/wooden/simple/numb/one of the eight categories of a...
木头 mùtou, [木頭], slow-witted/blockhead/log (of wood, timber etc)/CL:塊|块[kuài],根[gēn]
木偶 mùǒu, puppet
木乃伊 mùnǎiyī, mummy (preserved corpse) (loanword)
木屋 木板 mùbǎn, slab/board/plank/CL:張|张[zhāng],塊|块[kuài]
麻木 mámù, numb/insensitive/apathetic
树木 shùmù, [樹木], tree
木材 mùcái, wood
木马 mùmǎ, [木馬], wooden horse/rocking horse/vaulting horse (gymnastics)/trojan horse (computing)
木匠 mùjiàng, carpenter
铁木真 Tiěmùzhēn, [鐵木真], Temujin, birth name of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗[Chéng jí sī hán]
灌木丛 guànmùcóng, [灌木叢], shrub/shrubbery
灌木 guànmù, bush/shrub
木桩 mùzhuāng, [木樁], wooden pile/stake
木兰 Mùlán/mùlán, [木蘭], Mulan county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Hā ěr bīn], Heilongjiang/see 花木蘭|花木兰[Huā Mù lán],...
伐木 fámù, to cut wood/tree-felling/lumbering
木棍 mùgùn, wooden stick
木星 Mùxīng, Jupiter (planet)
宇津木 木制 mùzhì, [木製], wooden
铃木 Língmù, [鈴木], Suzuki (Japanese surname)
木工 mùgōng, woodwork/carpentry/woodworker/carpenter
橡木 xiàngmù, oaken
独木舟 dúmùzhōu, [獨木舟], dugout/canoe/kayak
平衡木 pínghéngmù, beam (gymnastics)/balance beam
木地板 木浦 木屐 mùjī, wooden clogs
啄木鸟 zhuómùniǎo, [啄木鳥], woodpecker
松木 sōngmù, pine wood/deal/larch
木箱 积木 jīmù, [積木], toy building blocks
木棒 木筏 mùfá, wooden raft/log raft
木料 mùliào, lumber/timber
木屑 mùxiè, wood shavings/sawdust
木瓜 mùguā, papaya (Carica papaya)/genus Chaenomeles of shrubs in the family Rosaceae/Chines...
木薯 mùshǔ, cassava, a tropical tuber plant
木质 mùzhì, [木質], wooden
木已成舟 mùyǐchéngzhōu, lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom)/fig. what is done ca...
扎木合 红木 hóngmù, [紅木], red wood/mahogany/rosewood/padauk
高木 Gāomù, Takagi (Japanese surname)
木桶 mùtǒng, cask
齐木 棺木 guānmù, coffin
木头人 硬木 yìngmù, hardwood
木柴 mùchái, firewood
原木 yuánmù, logs
木偶剧 麻木不仁 mámùbùrén, numbed/insensitive/apathetic/thick-skinned
草木 cǎomù, vegetation/plants
花木兰 HuāMùlán, [花木蘭], Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk h...
栗木 木门 木偶戏 朽木 xiǔmù, rotten wood
独木桥 dúmùqiáo, [獨木橋], single-log bridge/(fig.) difficult path
木炭 mùtàn, charcoal
软木塞 ruǎnmùsāi, [軟木塞], cork
青木 Qīngmù, Aoki (Japanese surname)
木林 木琴 mùqín, xylophone
杉木 木雕 木块 mùkuài, [木塊], block
林木 línmù, forest/forest tree
藤木 铁木 番木瓜 fānmùguā, papaya
木柱 佐佐木 Zuǒzuǒmù, Sasaki (Japanese surname)
木法沙 唐木 柚木 yòumù, pomelo tree (Citrus maxima or C. grandis)/shaddock/oriental grapefruit
滚木 黑木 木管乐器 mùguǎnyuèqì, [木管樂器], woodwind instrument
木讷 mùnè, [木訥], wooden and slow of speech/slow-speeched/inarticulate/unsophisticated
玉木 船木 土木 tǔmù, building/construction/civil engineering
枫木 fēngmù, [楓木], maple
木羽 木船 mùchuán, wooden boat
扎木 若木 冬木 阿拉木图 Ālāmùtú, [阿拉木圖], Almaty, previous capital of Kazakhstan
檀香木 仓木 木桌 柏木 木崎 木剑 mùjiàn, [木劍], wooden sword
花木 huāmù, flowers and trees/plants/flora
木制品 真木 木质部 mùzhìbù, [木質部], xylem
乔木 qiáomù, [喬木], tree, esp. with recognizable trunk (as opposed to 灌木[guàn mù], bush or shrub)
软木 ruǎnmù, [軟木], cork
佐佐木健太郎 木鱼 mùyú, [木魚], mokugyo/wooden fish (percussion instrument)
木马计 mùmǎjì, [木馬計], wooden horse stratagem (cf Trojan horse)
乌木 wūmù, [烏木], ebony
木条 木纹 檀木 木器 mùqì, wooden articles
歌斐木 泽木 木幸平 桦木 huàmù, [樺木], birch
入木三分 rùmùsānfēn, written in a forceful hand/penetrating/profound
黑木孝夫 木榴 木卫二 MùwèiÈr, [木衛二], Europa (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter II
黑木孝 木村 Mùcūn, Kimura (Japanese surname)
木舟 木弓 人非草木 木部雅子 北木林 木香 mùxiāng, costus root (medicinal herb)/aucklandia/Saussurea costus/Dolomiaea souliei
木部 铁木伦 木桥 木本 木盒 木幸 木庆介 断木 木恩苏 真木君 大木 国木田 赐木 桂木 木希典 那柏木 木卫四 MùwèiSì, [木衛四], Callisto (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter IV
木卫三 MùwèiSān, [木衛三], Ganymede (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter III
木呆呆 霍尔木兹 Huòěrmùzī, [霍爾木茲], Hormuz, Iran, at the mouth of the Persian Gulf
齐木来 布里克·塔木兰德 盖伊的木 木法星 果木 guǒmù, fruit tree
罗木林 布莱登木 马木鲁克 真木舜 一草一木 塔尔木 木下惠介 高木正雄 木丛 莎木 唐木君 唐木一 代代木 鄂木斯克 小木舟 铃木庆一 木山市 长木路 正木 木兰庭 枕木 zhěnmù, railroad tie/sleeper
乃木 圆木 柏木雪 木茂 木耳 mùěr, edible tree fungus/CL:朵[duǒ]
山木 天木 大兴土木 dàxīngtǔmù, [大興土木], to carry out large scale construction
木板床 思木西 移花接木 yíhuājiēmù, lit. to graft flowers onto a tree/to surreptitiously substitute one thing for an...
木庭子 木栅 Mùzhà, [木柵], Muzha (old spelling: Mucha), suburb to the southeast of Taipei
木梳 柏木君 木绵 高木博史 木然 mùrán, stupefied
松木朔 木庭 木床 木山 木卫 mùwèi, [木衛], moon of Jupiter
木原 周吉木 苗木 铃木一郎 木炭画 大约翰·斯利木 木结构 铃木真由美 纳斯木 塔里木 Tǎlǐmù, the Tarim Basin in southern Xinjiang
木塔法 黄柏木 木勺 浮木 直木 木山政子 胶木 jiāomù, [膠木], bakelite
茨木 独木难支 夫木聪 岑木 只见树木不见森林 zhǐjiànshùmùbùjiànsēnlín, [只見樹木不見森林], unable to see the wood for the trees/fig. only able to see isolated details, and...
灰 ⇒
灰 huī, ash/dust/lime/gray/discouraged/dejected
灰色 huīsè, gray/ash gray/grizzly/pessimistic/gloomy/dispirited/ambiguous
骨灰 gǔhuī, bone ash/ashes of the dead
灰姑娘 Huīgūniang, Cinderella/a sudden rags-to-riches celebrity
灰尘 huīchén, [灰塵], dust
灰烬 huījìn, [灰燼], ashes
烟灰缸 yānhuīgāng, [煙灰缸], ashtray
灰心 huīxīn, to lose heart/to be discouraged
灰暗 huīàn, dull gray/drab/murky
灰飞烟灭 huīfēiyānmiè, [灰飛煙滅], lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom)/fig. to be annihilated/to vanis...
烟灰 yānhuī, [煙灰], cigarette ash
化为灰烬 骨灰盒 gǔhuīhé, box for bone ashes/funerary casket
石灰 shíhuī, lime (calcium oxide)
大灰狼 dàhuīláng, big bad wolf
灰心丧气 huīxīnsàngqì, [灰心喪氣], downhearted/downcast/in despair
炮灰 pàohuī, cannon fodder
心灰意冷 xīnhuīyìlěng, discouraged/downhearted
死灰 石灰石 shíhuīshí, limestone
灰溜溜 huīliūliū, dull gray/gloomy/dejected/crestfallen/with one's tail between one's legs
灰白 huībái, colored/ash-colored
死灰复燃 sǐhuīfùrán, [死灰復燃], lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence/sth ma...
煤灰 méihuī, soot
火山灰 huǒshānhuī, volcanic ash
万念俱灰 wànniànjùhuī, [萬念俱灰], every hope turns to dust (idiom); completely disheartened
油灰 银灰色 灰质炎 灰鲸 灰土 Huītǔ/huītǔ, Spodosols (Chinese Soil Taxonomy), dust
一鼻子灰 灰白色 huībáisè, ash gray
深灰色 shēnhuīsè, dark gray
灰鼠 灰鹅 炉灰 石灰岩 shíhuīyán, limestone
深灰 灰蒙蒙 huīmēngmēng, dusky/overcast (of weather)
灰质 生石灰 shēngshíhuī, calcium oxide CaO/quicklime
灰度 huīdù, grayscale
灰市 灰指甲 灰不溜秋 huībuliūqiū, see 灰不溜丟|灰不溜丢[huī bu liū diū]
灰鹤 huīhè, [灰鶴], (bird species of China) common crane (Grus grus)
磷灰石 línhuīshí, apatite/phosphatic limestone
灰扑扑 抹灰 mǒhuī, to plaster/to render (a wall)/(fig.) to bring shame on/also pr. [mò huī]
灰浆 huījiāng, [灰漿], mortar (for masonry)