HSK 6 · Society

草案 cǎo'àn “draft (of a law or plan)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 草案 means

  1. draft (of a law or plan)
  2. draft (legislation, proposal etc)

How to say 草案

  • 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案àn4th tone, falling

草案 in a sentence

  1. 这只是一个草案，还需要修改。

    Zhè zhǐshì yí ge cǎo'àn, hái xūyào xiūgǎi.

    This is just a draft; it still needs revising.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 经理让我写一份活动计划的草案。

    Jīnglǐ ràng wǒ xiě yí fèn huódòng jìhuà de cǎo'àn.

    The manager asked me to write a draft plan for the event.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 草案 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 案 (àn) with each of its parts in a different colour
案àncase
  • 安peaceful · ānSound part
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 安 (ān) hints at the sound. Compare it with àn.

How to write 草案

草 9 strokes · 案 10 strokes

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

Words related to 草案

Words with 草

草cǎo · grass草地cǎodì · lawn起草qǐcǎo · to draft草率cǎoshuài · careless

Words with 案

答案dá'àn · answer方案fāng'àn · plan档案dàng'àn · file案件ànjiàn · legal case图案tú'àn · pattern案例ànlì · case

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辩护biànhù · to defend表决biǎojué · to vote表彰biǎozhāng · to commend剥削bōxuē · to exploit查获cháhuò · to seize (in an investigation)潮流cháoliú · trend惩罚chéngfá · to punish称号chēnghào · title

FAQs

草案 (cǎo’àn) means “draft (of a law or plan)” or “draft (legislation, proposal etc)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it cǎo’àn: cǎo with a 3rd tone, then àn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 草案 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type caoan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 草案 from the suggestions. Typing caoan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
草案 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.