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(*ㄘㄠˋ [cao4] ).
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志操 a person's stern principles.
(2) Drill, exercise: 兵操，軍操 military drill;
閱操 review troops;
體操 physical exercise.
(3) A song played on 琴 [qin2].
(4) Name of famous historical person 曹操 (pr. *[cao4]).
操戈 [cao1ge1]↓;
操持，操守 [cao1chi2], [cao1shou3]↓.
(2) To run (a boat, a firm), to control: 操縱 [cao1zong4]↓.
(3) To carry a profession: 操業 ditto;
操醫業 practice medicine;
操作 [cao1zuo4]↓.
(4) To drill (troops), exercise (body): 操演，操練 [cao1yan3], [cao1lian4]↓.
(5) To speak a certain language: 操英語 speak English.
2.操切 [cao1qie4], v.i., to be overfastidious, control too tightly.
3.操琴 [cao1qin2], v.i., play on [qin2] instrument.
4.操持 [cao1chi2] ([cao1chi0]), v.t., to manage (business, shop); to control or guide (conduct).
5.操券 [cao1qUan4], v.i., “hold the card”--be sure to succeed.
6.操戈 [cao1ge1], v.i., “hold spear”: 同室操戈 internecine fight.
7.操觚 [cao1gu1], v.i., (LL) (1) to write (AC觚=a strip for writing); (2) practise a profession or craft.
8.操勞 [cao1lao2], v.i., to work hard at domestic chores, to labor intensively.
9.操練 [cao1lian4] ([cao1lian0]), v.t. & n., to drill, a drill.
10.操履 [cao1lU3], n., upright personal conduct.
11.操神 [cao1shen2], v.i., to tax the mind or energy.
12.操行 [cao1xing4] (*[cao4xing4]), n., moral conduct.
13.操心 [cao1xin1], v.i., (1) to worry; (2) to harbor certain ideas.
14.操守 [cao1shou3] (*[cao4shou3]), n., a person's moral principles, personal integrity.
15.操縱 [cao1zong4], v.i., & t., to control (another's movements): 受人操縱 be controled by others; pull the lines (as in marionette); manipulate, control (stock market, etc.).
16.操作 [cao1zuo4], (1) n., work, esp. manual or household work; (2) v.t., operate, manipulate, handle (process, machine, etc.).
17.操演 [cao1yan3] ([cao1yan0]), n. & v. i., (hold) military exercise; athletic practice, etc.