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莎草 (shā cǎo): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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莎草 (shā cǎo): Sedge grass — Meaning & Stroke Order

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莎草 consists of 2 characters.

kind of sedge grass, used anciently for raincoats

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Pinyinshā cǎo

Meaningsedge grass

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 莎草.

Words with 莎

莎拉Shālā
莎车Shāchē
玛莎拉蒂mǎ shā lā dì
莎士比亚Shāshìbǐyà

Words with 草

草地cǎo dìHSK 3
草原cǎo yuánHSK 6
草案cǎo ànHSK 6
草率cǎo shuàiHSK 6
起草qǐ cǎoHSK 6
潦草liáo cǎoHSK 7-9
稻草dào cǎoHSK 7-9
草丛cǎo cóngHSK 7-9

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Example Sentences with 莎草

Shā莎

cǎo草

zài在

gǔ古

dài代

cháng常

yòng用

lái来

zuò做

yǔ雨

yī衣

。

Sedge grass was often used to make raincoats in ancient times.