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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
甘草
licorice root
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
licorice root
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 甘草 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 甘草 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
The cough syrup has a licorice flavoring.
I like to add a couple pods of star anise when cooking rice. It has a slightly sweet flavor and a licorice-like fragrance.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 甘草.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 甘草.
Directly before
- 喜欢甘草1
- 有股甘草1
- 类似甘草1
Directly after
- 甘草的2
- 甘草棒1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
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.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 甘草
What does 甘草 mean in Chinese?
甘草 (gāncǎo) means licorice root.
How do you pronounce 甘草?
甘草 is pronounced gāncǎo.
Is 甘草 an HSK word?
甘草 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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