操 is also the simplified spelling of 撡.
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操
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- 操
- cāo · conduct, run, control, manage
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Mandarin tones
1 · cao1
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 14 senses · 2 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
cou1 · cou3
Cantonese word readings for 操. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- to conduct
- to run
- to control
- to manage
- (literary, or in compounds) to play a musical instrument; to perform music; to give an instrumental performance
- (military) to drill; to exercise
- to have somebody overwork
- to speak (a language or with an accent)
- calisthenics
- exercise
- (Cantonese, Hokkien) to train; to practice; to review; to exercise
- (Hokkien) to lift up; to physically hold up (such as one's clothes by the hand when crossing wet or unsafe terrain)
- a surname, Cao
character · Etymology 1
- conduct; behaviour
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