"曹" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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曹
Trad. 曹
Radical
Radical
(Bushou)		 曰
Strokes 4
Composition
Strokes 11
Decomp. 一曲日
一曲曰
Prononciation
Mandarin cáo
Entry Methods
Pinyin cao2
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廿田日
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曹 cáo class or grade / generation / plaintiff and defendant (old) / government department (old)
Results beginning with 曹
曹丕 Cáo Pī Cao Pi (187-226), second son of Cao Cao 曹操, king then emperor of Cao Wei 曹魏 / from 220, ruled as Emperor Wen 魏文帝, also a noted calligrapher
曹植 Cáo Zhí Cao Zhi (192-232), son of Cao Cao 曹操, noted poet and calligrapher
曹魏 Cáo Wèi Cao Wei, the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms, established as a dynasty in 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕, son of Cao Cao, replaced by Jin dynasty in 265
曹冲 Cáo Chōng Cao Chong (196-208), son of Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1]
曹参 Cáo Cān Cao Can (-190 BC), second chancellor of Han Dynasty, contributed to its founding by fighting on Liu Bang's 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争[Chu3 Han4 Zhan4 zheng1] / also pr. [Cao2 Shen1]
曹操 Cáo Cāo 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
曹锟 Cáo Kūn Cao Kun (1862-1938), one of the Northern Warlords
曹县 Cáo xiàn Cao county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽[He2 ze2], Shandong
曹禺 Cáo Yú Cao Yu (1910-1997), PRC dramatist
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[Hong2 lou2 Meng4]
曹白鱼 cáo bái yú Chinese herring (Ilisha elongata) / white herring / slender shad
曹不兴 Cáo Bù xīng Cao Buxing or Ts'ao Pu-hsing (active c. 210-250), famous semilegendary painter, one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家
曹刚川 Cáo Gāng chuān Cao Gangchuan (1935-), former artillery officer, senior PRC politician and army leader
曹靖华 Cáo Jìng huá Cao Jinghua (1897-1987), translator from Russian, professor of Peking University and essayist
曹余章 Cáo Yú zhāng Cao Yuzhang (1924-1996), modern writer and publisher, author of Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History 上下五千年[Shang4 xia4 Wu3 Qian1 nian2]
Approximate Results for 曹
三曹 Sān Cáo the Three Caos (Cao Cao 曹操 / and his sons Cao Pi 曹丕 / and Cao Zhi 曹植), who established the Wei or Cao Wei dynasty 曹魏, and were all three noted poets and calligraphers
市曹 shì cáo market / official in charge of small merchants
我曹 wǒ cáo (archaic) we / us / (Internet slang) (substitute for 我肏[wo3 cao4]) fuck / WTF
阴曹 yīn cáo hell / the inferno
赴阴曹 fù yīn cáo to enter hell
军曹鱼 jūn cáo yú cobia or black kingfish (Rachycentron canadum)
阴曹地府 yīn cáo dì fǔ netherworld / Kingdom of the Underworld / Hades
绑赴市曹 bǎng fù shì cáo to bind up and take to the market (idiom) / to take a prisoner to the town center for execution
聂姆曹娃 Niè mǔ cáo wá Božena Němcová / (1820-1862), Czech writer
萧规曹随 Xiāo guī Cáo suí lit. Xiao's 蕭何|萧何[Xiao1 He2] governance followed by Cao 曹參|曹参[Cao2 Can1] (idiom) / fig. to strictly adhere to the policies of the predecessor / to follow precedent
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) / to be somewhere while longing to be somewhere else
说曹操，曹操到 shuō Cáo Cāo , Cáo Cāo dào see 說曹操曹操就到|说曹操曹操就到[shuo1 Cao2 Cao1 Cao2 Cao1 jiu4 dao4]
说曹操曹操就到 shuō Cáo Cāo Cáo Cāo jiù dào lit. speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives / fig. speak of the devil and he doth appear
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