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Jyutping cou3
Pinyin cāo

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. rough
  2. coarse (in texture)
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. rough/coarse (in texture)/unpolished (rice)/unrefined/vulgar
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. x
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character
    rude; impolite
  2. character
    rough; coarse; crude; unrefined
  3. character
    unhusked; unshucked; unpolished (of rice)
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. coarse, harsh, rough, unpolished rice
  2. Cangjie Input
    FDYHR
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级汉字表 #79
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    她的裙子是用粗糙的羊毛造的。
    她的裙子是用粗糙的羊毛造的。
    tā de qún zi shì yòng cū cāo de yáng máo zào de 。
    • Her dress was made of coarse wool.
  2. Mandarin
    它们是用粗糙的褐色皮革制成的。
    它們是用粗糙的褐色皮革製成的。
    tā men shì yòng cū cāo de hè sè pí gé zhì chéng de 。
    • They were made of rough brown leather.
  3. Mandarin
    这件物件的表面颇为粗糙。
    這件物件的表面頗為粗糙。
    zhè jiàn wù jiàn de biǎo miàn pō wéi cū cāo 。
    • The surface of the object is fairly rough.
  4. Mandarin
    鲨鱼的皮比鲔鱼的皮粗糙多了。
    鯊魚的皮比鮪魚的皮粗糙多了。
    shā yú de pí bǐ wěi yú de pí cū cāo duō le 。
    • The skin of a shark is much rougher than that of a tuna fish.
  5. Mandarin
    鲨鱼皮比金枪鱼皮粗糙多了。
    鯊魚皮比金槍魚皮粗糙多了。
    shā yú pí bǐ jīn qiāng yú pí cū cāo duō le 。
    • The skin of a shark is much rougher than that of a tuna fish.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    糙米
    糙米
    cou3 mai5
    • brown rice
  2. Cantonese
    呢对鞋嘅质地比较粗糙,夏天著会舒服啲。
    呢對鞋嘅質地比較粗糙,夏天著會舒服啲。
    ni1 deoi3 haai4 ge3 zat1 dei2 bei2 gaau3 cou1 cou3, haa6 tin1 zoek3 wui5 syu1 fuk6 di1.
    • Since the texture of this pair of shoes is rather rough, it's more comfortable that you wear them in summer.
  3. Cantonese
    粗糙
    粗糙
    cou1 cou3
    • rough
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    这纸摸起来很粗糙。
    這紙摸起來很粗糙。
    zhè zhǐ mō qǐ lái hěn cū cāo .
    • This paper feels rough.