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操
cāo
to conduct, to manage, to run
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HSK 5
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⿰扌喿
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pǐn
品
article, good, product; commodity; quality, character
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Something that everyone is talking 口 about
9 strokes
HSK 5
Words Using 操 (73)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
HSK
操心
↗
cāoxīn
to worry about
5
cāoxīn
操心
↗
HSK 5
to worry about
操场
↗
cāochǎng
playground / sports field / drill ground / CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
5
cāochǎng
操场
↗
HSK 5
playground / sports field / drill ground / CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
操作
↗
cāozuò
to work / to operate / to manipulate
6
cāozuò
操作
↗
HSK 6
to work / to operate / to manipulate
操练
↗
cāoliàn
drill / practice
6
cāoliàn
操练
↗
HSK 6
drill / practice
操纵
↗
cāozòng
to operate / to control / to rig / to manipulate
6
cāozòng
操纵
↗
HSK 6
to operate / to control / to rig / to manipulate
操劳
↗
cāoláo
to work hard / to look after
6
cāoláo
操劳
↗
HSK 6
to work hard / to look after
操
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cāo
old variant of [[操<cāo>]]
cāo
操
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old variant of [[操<cāo>]]
操
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cāo
to grasp / to hold / to operate / to manage / to control / to steer / to exercise / to drill (practice) / to play / to speak (a language)
cāo
操
↗
to grasp / to hold / to operate / to manage / to control / to steer / to exercise / to drill (practice) / to play / to speak (a language)
操控
↗
cāokòng
to control / to manipulate
cāokòng
操控
↗
to control / to manipulate
曹操
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CáoCāo
Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei [[曹魏]], father of Emperor Cao Pi [[曹丕]] / the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms [[三國演義|三国演义]]
CáoCāo
曹操
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Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei [[曹魏]], father of Emperor Cao Pi [[曹丕]] / the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms [[三國演義|三国演义]]