干草

乾草

gāncǎo

noun #16,371

Meanings

1 hay
2 dried grass

Characters

Examples

农民们把干草堆在谷仓里。

Nóngmínmen bǎ gāncǎo duī zài gǔcāng lǐ.

The farmers piled the hay in the barn.

马喜欢吃干草。

Mǎ xǐhuan chī gāncǎo.

Horses like to eat hay.

Tips

mistakes

干草 uses the traditional character 乾 (dry), not 幹 (to do). In simplified Chinese both merge into 干, but the meaning here is specifically 'dry.'

Stroke Order

干 gàn

草 cǎo