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cáo

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cáo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cáo | cao2
English translation
bustling
tumultuous
noisy
bustling, noisy

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About cáo

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

cáo

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

Learning hint

mouth

Etymology of cáo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口曹

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

cáo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and cáo represents the sound.

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Example sentences using cáo

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yīn cáo shēng hěn zǎo jiù xǐng le .

I awakened early because of the noise.

zài 黑暗 hēi àn 嘈杂 cáozá de 声音 shēngyīn Zhōng 婴儿 yīngér 饱受 bǎo shòu 惊吓 jīng xià

The baby was filled with alarm at the darkness and the noise.

Words with cáo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
嘈杂 cáozá noisy嘈雜
cáo bustling cáo

cáo Decomposition & Compounds

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cáo Decomposition

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