草地 cǎodì lawn
lawn; meadow; sod; turf
How to remember 草地: 草 grass + 地 ground = lawn.
Characters
How it is used
- A grassy area/lawn/meadow - measure word 片 (piàn): 一片草地 (yí piàn cǎodì), the classifier for flat expanses.
- 草地 is natural-feeling grass ground; a manicured lawn/turf is 草坪 (cǎopíng), the word you see on 'keep off the grass' signs. Built from 草 (grass) + 地 (ground).
Example sentences
- 他们躺在草地上休息。 Tāmen tǎng zài cǎodì shang xiūxi.They're lying on the grass, resting.
- 房子的周围是一片草地。 Fángzi de zhōuwéi shì yī piàn cǎodì.The house is surrounded by lawn.
- 草地上有两匹马。 Cǎodì shàng yǒu liǎng pǐ mǎ.There are two horses in the meadow.