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操 cāo

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操 cāo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cāo | cao1
English translation
old variant of 操 cāo [cāo]
variant of 肏 cào [cào]
to conduct, to manage, to run

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About 操 cāo

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

操 cāo

Contains the radical

扌 shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of 操 cāo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰扌喿

Semantic compound

扌 shǒu

Phonetic compound

喿 zào

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 shǒu represents the meaning and 喿 zào represents the sound. Simplified form of 撡.

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Example sentences using 操 cāo

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她 tā 坐 Zuò 在 zài 操场 cāochǎng 上 shǎng , 把 bǎ 照片 zhàopiàn 撕成了 le 碎片 suì piàn .

She sat on the ground, picking the pictures apart.

一 yī 种 zhǒng 具有 jù yǒu 分时 fēn shí 操作能力的 de 计算机 jì suàn jī .

A computer having the capability of time sharing operation.

做 zuò 完 wán 操 cāo 之后 zhī hòu ,教师 jiào shī 吹 chuī 哨 shào 让 ràng 学生 xuésheng 解散 jiěsàn .

The teacher piped the pupils down after doing drills.

我 wǒ 有 yǒu 一 yī 位 wèi 非常 fēicháng 好 hǎo 的 de 有氧健身操老师 lǎoshī ,名叫 míng jiào 尼基.

I have a very good aerobics teacher called Nicky.

工人 gōngrén 们 men 接受 jiēshòu 操作 cāozuò 五十 wǔ shí 吨 dūn 压土机 Jī 和 hé 巨型 jù xíng 起重机 qǐ zhòng jī 的 de 训练 xùnliàn .

Laborers were trained to handle 50 - ton compactors and giant cranes.

Words with 操 cāo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
操 cāo to grasp操 cāo
操作 cāozuò to work操作 cāozuò
操纵 cāozòng to operate操縱
操心 cāoxīn to worry about操心 cāoxīn
体操 tǐ cāo gymnastic體操
曹操 Cáo Cāo the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义 Sān guó Yǎn yì 曹操 Cáo Cāo
操作系统 cāo zuò xì tǒng operating system操作系統
操场 cāochǎng playground操場
节操 jié cāo integrity節操
情操 qíng cāo sentiments情操 qíng cāo
操劳 cāoláo to work hard操勞
贞操 zhēn cāo virginity貞操
操守 cāo shǒu personal integrity操守 cāo shǒu
操练 cāoliàn drill操練
操办 cāo bàn to arrange matters操辦
重操旧业 chóng cāo jiù yè to resume one's old trade (idiom)重操舊業
操之过急 cāo zhī guò jí overhasty操之過急
操作员 cāo zuò yuán operator操作員
体操队 tǐ cāo duì gymnastics team體操隊
健美操 jiàn měi cāo aerobics健美操 jiàn měi cāo
稳操胜券 wěn cāo shèng quàn grasp it and victory is assured穩操勝券
操纵杆 cāo zòng gǎn joystick操縱桿
操持 cāo chi to manage操持 cāo chi
自由体操 zì yóu tǐ cāo floor (gymnastics)自由體操

操 cāo Decomposition & Compounds

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操 cāo Decomposition

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