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操

cāo

HSK 5 Character

What 操 means

1. to grasp
2. to hold
3. to operate
4. to manage
5. to control
6. to steer
7. to exercise
8. to drill (practice)
9. to play
10. to speak (a language)

Other readings

操 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• cāoold variant of {操|cāo}
• càovariant of {肏|cào}

Example sentences

• 操！
  Fuck!
• 操你妈！
  Fuck your mother!
• 操你妈。
  Fuck your mom.
• 操他妈的。
  For fuck's sake.
• 该做体操了！
  We're supposed to do gymnastics now!
• 幕后操纵者是谁？
  Mùhòucāozòng zhě shì shéi?
  Who's behind it?

Words starting with 操

• 操场cāo chǎngplayground; sports field; drill ground
• 操心cāo xīnto worry about
• 操作cāo zuòto work; to operate; to manipulate
• 操纵cāo zòngto operate; to control; to rig
• 操练cāo liàndrill; practice
• 操劳cāo láoto work hard; to look after
• 操作系统cāo zuò xì tǒngoperating system
• 操持cāo chito manage; to handle
• 操办cāo bànto arrange matters
• 操守cāo shǒupersonal integrity
• 操行cāo xíng(student's) behavior
• 操典cāo diǎndrill book
• 操切cāo qièrash; hasty
• 操控cāo kòngto control; to manipulate
• 操法cāo fǎdrill rules
• 操演cāo yǎndrill; exercise; demonstration
• 操神cāo shénto worry about; to look after; to take care of
• 操航cāo hángto take the helm; to steer (a ship)
• 操作台cāo zuò táioperating desk; control panel; console
• 操作员cāo zuò yuánoperator
• 操作数cāo zuò shùoperand (computing)
• 操作符cāo zuò fúoperator (computing)
• 操作者cāo zuò zhěoperator
• 操课cāo kèmilitary drill

Words containing 操

• 曹操Cáo CāoCao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and…
• 体操tǐ cāogymnastic; gymnastics
• 情操qíng cāosentiments; feelings; disposition of mind
• 早操zǎo cāomorning exercises…
• 贞操zhēn cāo(usually of women) chastity; virginity; virtue
• 健美操jiàn měi cāoaerobics; aerobic dance (school P.E. activity)
• 做操zuò cāoto do exercises; to do gymnastics
• 出操chū cāoto drill; to exercise; to go outdoors for physical exercise
• 基操jī cāo(slang) the norm; typical behavior; nothing out of the ordinary…
• 实操shí cāoto actually do (sth) (as opposed to learning how to do it from books etc)…
• 微操wēi cāoto micromanage
• 我操wǒ cào(substitute for 我肏; WTF
• 步操bù cāofoot drill (military, physical exercises etc)
• 节操jié cāointegrity; moral principle
• 互操性hù cāo xìnginteroperability
• 保健操bǎo jiàn cāohealth exercises
• 体操队tǐ cāo duìgymnastics team
• 自由体操zì yóu tǐ cāofloor (gymnastics)
• 艺术体操yì shù tǐ cāorhythmic gymnastics
• 课间操kè jiān cāosetting-up exercises during the break (between classes)
• 体操运动员tǐ cāo yùn dòng yuángymnast
• 网络操作系统wǎng luò cāo zuò xì tǒngnetwork operating system
• 洁操jié cāounimpeachable conduct; noble behavior; spotless personal integrity
• 暗箱操作àn xiāng cāo zuòcovert activities (election rigging etc); under-the-table manipulations; black operations

Characters built on 喿

These share the phonetic component 喿 (sào), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 噪zào(literary) (of birds or insects) to chirp; (bound form) to make a cacophonous noise
• 燥zàodry; parched; impatient; vexed; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. sào) minced meat
• 澡zǎobath
• 躁zàoimpatient; hot-tempered
• 臊sàoshame; bashfulness; to shame

Characters that look like 操

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 槽cáotrough; manger; groove
• 橘júmandarin orange (Citrus reticulata); tangerine
• 糗qiǔdry rations (for a journey); (dialect) (of noodles etc) to become mush…
• 臊sàoshame; bashfulness; to shame
• 糠kānghusk; (of a radish etc) spongy (and therefore unappetising)
• 糅róumix

Sounds the same

Read cāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 糙rough; coarse (in texture)