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香草

xiāngcǎo

aromatic herb

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

aromatic herb

02

vanilla

03

alternative name for Eupatorium fortunei

04

(fig.) loyal and dependable person (old)

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 香草 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 香草 appears in 5 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

她做了一个四人份的巧克力香草蛋糕。tā zuò le yí gè sì rén fèn de qiǎo kè lì xiāng cǎo dàn gāo。

She made a vanilla chocolate cake for four people.

用於那个义大利酱的香草可能是荷兰芹。yòng yú nà ge yì dà lì jiàng de xiāng cǎo kě néng shì hé lán qín。

The herb used in that pasta sauce might be parsley.

当且仅当冰淇淋是香草口味,小王会吃这个冰淇淋。dāng qiě jǐn dāng bīng qí lín shì xiāng cǎo kǒu wèi, xiǎo wáng huì chī zhè ge bīng qí lín。

If and only if the ice-cream is vanilla flavour will Xiao Wang eat it.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 香草.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 香草.

Directly before

  • 两份香草1
  • 的香草1
  • 巧克力香草1
  • 是香草1
  • 添加香草1

Directly after

  • 香草冰激凌1
  • 香草可能1
  • 香草蛋糕1
  • 香草口味1
  • 香草精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 香草

What does 香草 mean in Chinese?

香草 (xiāngcǎo) means aromatic herb.

How do you pronounce 香草?

香草 is pronounced xiāngcǎo.

Is 香草 an HSK word?

香草 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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