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cáo

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cáo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cáo | cao2
English translation
trough, manger; vat, tank; distillery

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About cáo

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

cáo

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

wood

Etymology of cáo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

木曹

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

cáo

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using cáo

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那些 nà xiē zhū Cóng 同一 tóng yī shí cáo shí .

The pigs fed off the same trough.

过量 guò liàng de suān zài 料浆 zhù cáo Zhōng 进一步 jìn yī bù Zhōng .

Excess acidity is corrected in the slurry storage tanks.

制造 zhìzào shí , wéi 安装 ānzhuāng 纵梁 zòng liáng yuán , zài 箱型梁中 yòng yàn kāi 槽口.

During fabrication slots for the stringers flanges were flame cut into box girders.

pén de zàng Shuǐ 倒入洗涤 xǐ dí cáo .

Tip the dirty water out of the bowl and into the sink.

转子 zhuàn zǐ zài Jué 之间 zhī jiān de Sān miàn shǎng yǒu 凹槽 aō cáo .

The rotor has recesses in its three faces between the lobes.

Words with cáo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
cáo trough cáo
水槽 shuǐ cáo sink水槽 shuǐ cáo
跳槽 tiào cáo to change jobs跳槽 tiào cáo
插槽 chā cáo slot插槽 chā cáo
凹槽 aō cáo recess凹槽 aō cáo
沟槽 gōu cáo groove溝槽
槽车 cáo chē tanker (truck)槽車
槽钢 cáo gāng steel groove槽鋼
河槽 hé cáo river bed河槽 hé cáo
马槽 mǎ cáo manger馬槽
键槽 jiàn cáo key slot鍵槽
槽牙 cáo yá molar tooth槽牙 cáo yá
倒槽 dǎo cáo to die out (of livestock)倒槽 dǎo cáo
槽坊 cáo fang brewery槽坊 cáo fang

cáo Decomposition & Compounds

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