# 稻草 (dàocǎo)

In Mandarin Chinese, 稻草 (dàocǎo) means “rice straw”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: rice straw
- Pinyin: dàocǎo (dao4 cao3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 农民用稻草编制帽子。
  Nóngmín yòng dàocǎo biānzhī màozi.
  Farmers use rice straw to weave hats.

## Characters

- 稻 (dào): paddy; rice (Oryza sativa)
- [草](https://hanziro.com/word/cao-grass/) (cǎo): grass

https://hanziro.com/word/dao-cao-rice-straw/

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