Meaning
a company; a class; a generation; (a surname)
Chinese: 姓氏，也指同辈或一类人。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “cao” becomes a different word in each tone. 曹 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 我曹wǒ cáo(archaic) we; us; (Internet slang) fuck; WTF
- 市曹shì cáomarket; official in charge of small merchants
- 阴曹yīn cáohell; the inferno
- 军曹鱼jūn cáo yúcobia or black kingfish (Rachycentron canadum)
- 曹白鱼cáo bái yúChinese herring (Ilisha elongata); white herring; slender shad
Example Sentence
曹操是三国时期的著名人物。Cáo Cāo shì Sān guó shí qī de zhù míng rén wù.Cao Cao was a famous figure during the Three Kingdoms period.
曹Cáoclass or grade操Cāoto grasp是shìis三Sānthree国guócountry时期shí qīperiod的deof著名zhù míngfamous人物rén wùcharacter (in a play, nove。