| 草 | cao3 | grass |
| 稿子 | gao3 zi5 | manuscript |
| 虱子 | shi1 zi3 shi1 zi5 | louse (Pediculus humanus) |
| 原稿 | yuan2 gao3 | manuscript |
| 手稿 | shou3 gao3 | manuscript |
| 文稿 | wen2 gao3 | documents |
| 定稿 | ding4 gao3 | finalize a manuscript, text, etc |
| 稿酬 | gao3 chou2 | manuscript advance |
| 马纳斯 | ma3 na4 si1 | Manus |
| 拙著 | zhuo1 zhu4 | my worthless manuscript |
| 书稿 | shu1 gao3 | manuscript of a book |
| 撰稿人 | zhuan4 gao3 ren2 | author (of a manuscript) |
| 拙作 | zhuo1 zuo4 | my humble writing |