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曹 cáo

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曹 cáo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cáo | cao2
English translation
ministers, officials; a company; surname

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About 曹 cáo

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

曹 cáo

Contains the radical

曰 yuē

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Etymology of 曹 cáo

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Positional decomposition

⿱？日 Rì

Explanation

Depicts a pair of baskets (東 dōng ). Based on the original meaning "pair". Later the meaning shifted to "of the same generation". The purpose of the additional 口 kǒu (mouth) component is unclear.

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Example sentences using 曹 cáo

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谁 shuí 知道 zhīdào 还有 hái yǒu 个 gè 姓 xìng 曹 cáo 的 de !

Who'd have thought there was this Ts'ao fellow!

可 kě 是 shì 我 wǒ 到 dào 现在 xiànzài 不 bù 知道 zhīdào 那 Nā 姓 xìng 曹 cáo 的 de 是 shì 什么样 shén me yàng 儿 ér 的 de 人 rén . ”

But I still don't know what sort of guy that Ts'ao fellow is. "

Words with 曹 cáo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
曹 cáo generation曹 cáo
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
曹雪芹 Cáo Xuě qín Cao Xueqin (c. 1715-c. 1764), accepted author of A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦 Hóng lóu Mèng [Hóng​lóu​Mèng]曹雪芹 Cáo Xuě qín
曹植 Cáo Zhí Cao Zhi (192-232), son of Cao Cao 曹操 Cáo Cāo , noted poet and calligrapher曹植 Cáo Zhí
曹刚川 Cáo Gāng chuān Cao Gangchuan (1935-), former artillery officer, senior PRC politician and army leader曹剛川
曹禺 Cáo Yú Cao Yu (1910-1997), PRC dramatist曹禺 Cáo Yú
曹丕 Cáo Pī Cao Pi (187-226), second son of Cao Cao 曹操 Cáo Cāo , king then emperor of Cao Wei 曹魏 Cáo Wèi from 220, ruled as Emperor Wen 魏文帝 Wèi Wén dì , also a noted calligrapher曹丕 Cáo Pī
曹魏 Cáo Wèi Cao Wei, the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms, established as a dynasty in 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕 Cáo Pī , son of Cao Cao, replaced by Jin dynasty in 265曹魏 Cáo Wèi
曹县 Cáo xiàn Cao county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽 Hé zé [Hé​zé], Shandong曹縣
阴曹 yīn cáo hell陰曹
曹锟 Cáo Kūn Cao Kun (1862-1938), one of the Northern Warlords曹錕
曹参 Cáo Cān also pr. [Cáo​Shēn]曹參
身在曹营心在汉 shēn zài Cáo yíng xīn zài Hàn live in Cao camp but have the heart in Han camp (idiom.)身在曹營心在漢
阴曹地府 yīn cáo dì fǔ netherworld陰曹地府
曹冲 Cáo Chōng Cao Chong (196-208), son of Cao Cao 曹操 Cáo Cāo [Cáo​Cāo]曹沖
萧规曹随 Xiāo guī Cáo suí to follow precedent蕭規曹隨
曹靖华 Cáo Jìng huá Cao Jinghua (1897-1987), translator from Russian, professor of Peking University and essayist曹靖華
军曹鱼 jūn cáo yú cobia or black kingfish (Rachycentron canadum)軍曹魚

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