He pulled up the weed and threw it away.
杂草
weeds
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Meaning and common use
weeds
How 杂草 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 杂草 appears in 7 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
We have to pull the weeds.
The weeds have completely overtaken the garden bed.
Words that keep company with 杂草.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 杂草.
Directly before
- 了杂草3
- 拔除杂草1
- 拔起杂草1
- 的杂草1
Directly after
- 杂草就1
- 杂草完全1
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
About 杂草
What does 杂草 mean in Chinese?
杂草 (zácǎo) means weeds.
How do you pronounce 杂草?
杂草 is pronounced zácǎo.
Is 杂草 an HSK word?
杂草 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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