| 草 | cǎo | grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough; CL:棵,撮,株,根 |
| 草案 | cǎo àn | draft (legislation, proposal etc) |
| 草地 | cǎo dì | lawn; meadow; sod; turf; CL:片 |
| 草鱼 | cǎo yú | grass carp |
| 草料 | cǎo liào | fodder |
| 草场 | cǎo chǎng | pastureland |
| 草帽 | cǎo mào | straw hat |
| 草木灰 | cǎo mù huī | plant ash |
| 草酸 | cǎo suān | oxalic acid C2H2O4 |
| 草鞋 | cǎo xié | straw sandals |
| 草本 | cǎo běn | grass; herb |
| 草坪 | cǎo píng | lawn |
| 草皮 | cǎo pí | turf; sward; sod |
| 草率 | cǎo shuài | careless; negligent; sloppy; not serious |
| 草药 | cǎo yào | herbal medicine |
| 草丛 | cǎo cóng | underbrush |
| 草图 | cǎo tú | a sketch; rough drawing |
| 草拟 | cǎo nǐ | first draft; to draw up (a first version) |
| 草稿 | cǎo gǎo | draft; outline; sketch |
| 草包 | cǎo bāo | idiot; straw bag |
| 草莽 | cǎo mǎng | a rank growth of grass; uncultivated land; wilderness |
| 草草 | cǎo cǎo | careless; hasty |
| 草莓 | cǎo méi | strawberry; CL:颗; (Taiwan) hickey; love bite |
| 草原 | cǎo yuán | grassland; prairie; CL:片 |
| 草原巨蜥 | cǎo yuán jù xī | Savannah monitor (Varanus exanthematicus) |
| 草坪扫除机 | cǎo píng sǎo chú jī | lawn mower |
| 草垫 | cǎo diàn | straw mattress |
| 草垫子 | cǎo diàn zi | straw mattress; palliasse |
| 草大青 | cǎo dà qīng | Isatis indigotica (indigo woad plant) |
| 草字头儿 | cǎo zì tóur | grass radical 艹 |
| 草寇 | cǎo kòu | bandits |
| 草屋 | cǎo wū | thatched hut |
| 草屯 | Cǎo tún | Caotun or Tsaotun town in Nantou county 南投县, central Taiwan |
| 草屯镇 | Cǎo tún zhèn | Caotun or Tsaotun town in Nantou county 南投县, central Taiwan |
| 草山 | cǎo shān | Grassy Hill (hill in Hong Kong) |
| 草书 | cǎo shū | grass script (a style of Chinese calligraphy); cursive |
| 草木 | cǎo mù | vegetation; plants |
| 草木皆兵 | cǎo mù jiē bīng | lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom); fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy; to feel beleaguered |
| 草木鸟兽 | cǎo mù niǎo shòu | flora and fauna |
| 草本植物 | cǎo běn zhí wù | herbaceous plant |
| 草根 | cǎo gēn | grassroots democracy |
| 草根网民 | cǎo gēn wǎng mín | grassroots netizens |
| 草泥马 | cǎo ní mǎ | grass mud horse; used as a substitute for 肏你妈, to mock or avoid censorship on the Internet |
| 草满囹圄 | cǎo mǎn líng yǔ | lit. jails overgrown with grass (idiom); fig. peaceful society |
| 草爬子 | cǎo pá zi | tick (zoology) |
| 草率收兵 | cǎo shuài shōu bīng | to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted; half-baked |
| 草珊瑚 | cǎo shān hú | Sarcandra glabra (botany) |
| 草码 | cǎo mǎ | the ten numerals 〡,〢,〣,〤,〥,〦,〧,〨,〩,十 nowadays mainly used in traditional trades such as Chinese medicine |
| 草秆 | cǎo gǎn | straw; grain stalks |
| 草耙 | cǎo pá | a rake |
