草地
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)
草地 (cǎodì) · lawn
草地 (cǎodì) means “lawn; grassland”. It is written with 2 characters: 草 (grass) + 地 (adverb particle (-ly)). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 草地 is built
The characters
草 cǎo · grass
What 草 is made of
- 艹cǎo — grass
- 早zǎo — early
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 日rì — sun; day
Origin hint: 艹 gives the meaning, 早 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
地 de · adverb particle (-ly)
What 地 is made of
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 十 — ten
- 也yě — also
- 乚 — hook stroke
Origin hint: 土 gives the meaning, 也 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
孩子们在草地上玩儿。Háizimen zài cǎodì shang wánr.The children are playing on the lawn.
我们可以坐在草地上吗?Wǒmen kěyǐ zuò zài cǎodì shang ma?Can we sit on the grass?
Questions about 草地
What does 草地 mean?
草地 (cǎodì) means “lawn; grassland”.
How do you pronounce 草地?
草地 is pronounced cǎodì.
Which HSK level is 草地?
草地 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021).
Related words
- 草案cǎo'àndraft (of a law or plan)
- 草率cǎoshuàicareless
- 起草qǐcǎoto draft
- 草cǎograss
- 地点dìdiǎnlocation
- 地方dìfangplace
- 地上dìshangon the ground
- 地图dìtúmap
- 地球dìqiúthe earth
- 地铁dìtiěsubway
Learn 草地 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 51: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.