HSK 6 · Adjectives

草率 cǎoshuài “careless” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 草率 means

  1. careless
  2. hasty
  3. sloppy
  4. negligent
  5. not serious

How to say 草率

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale草cǎo3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale率shuài4th tone, falling

草率 in a sentence

  1. 麻烦的开头是他草率的评论。

    Máfan de kāitóu shì tā cǎoshuài de pínglùn.

    The trouble began with his careless remark.

    Sentence #786109 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 草率 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 草 (cǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
草cǎograss
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎoMeaning part
  • 早early · zǎoSound part

艹 hints at the meaning (grass); 早 (zǎo) hints at the sound. Compare it with cǎo.

The character 率 (shuài) drawn as one shape
率shuàito lead

率 is a single shape of 11 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 草率

草 9 strokes · 率 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

草率 (cǎoshuài) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 草率 (cǎoshuài). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 草率

Words with 草

草cǎo · grass草地cǎodì · lawn起草qǐcǎo · to draft草案cǎo'àn · draft (of a law or plan)

Words with 率

坦率tǎnshuài · frank汇率huìlǜ · exchange rate效率xiàolǜ · efficiency率领shuàilǐng · to lead频率pínlǜ · frequency

More words: Adjectives

仓促cāngcù · hurried残酷cánkù · cruel灿烂cànlàn · brilliant残忍cánrěn · cruel嘈杂cáozá · noisy昌盛chāngshèng · prosperous畅通chàngtōng · unimpeded诚挚chéngzhì · sincere

FAQs

草率 (cǎoshuài) means “careless” or “hasty”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it cǎoshuài: cǎo with a 3rd tone, then shuài with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 草率 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type caoshuai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 草率 from the suggestions. Typing caoshuai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
草率 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.