Chinese symbol for “creeper”
蔓草
màn cǎo
creeper; climbing plant; twiner
The closest CC-CEDICT match for creeper is 蔓草 (màn cǎo), defined as: creeper; climbing plant; twiner.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “creeper”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蔓生植物 | màn shēng zhí wù | creeper; climbing plant |
| 蔓生 | màn shēng | trailing plant; liana |
| 蔹 (蘞) | liǎn | trailing plant; liana |
| 藟 | lěi | bud; creeper |
| 蘝 | liǎn | variant of 蘞|蔹, trailing plant; liana |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 蔓草.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蔓延 | màn yán | to spread; to extend |
| 藤蔓 | téng wàn | trailing or climbing stem; vine; Taiwan pr. [teng2man4] |
| 蔓越莓 | màn yuè méi | cranberry |
| 枝蔓 | zhī màn | branches and tendrils; fig. overcomplicated or digressive |
| 蔓生 | màn shēng | trailing plant; liana |
| 草案 | cǎo àn | draft (legislation, proposal etc) |
| 草原 | cǎo yuán | grassland; prairie |
| 烟草 (煙草) | yān cǎo | tobacco |
See also: Japanese symbol for “creeper”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.