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cāo
  1. 1.old variant of 操[cāo]
cāo
  1. 1.to grasp
  2. 2.to hold
  3. 3.to operate
  4. 4.to manage
  5. 5.to control
  6. 6.to steer
  7. 7.to exercise
  8. 8.to drill (practice)
  9. 9.to play
  10. 10.to speak (a language)
cào
  1. 1.variant of 肏[cào]

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to conduct
  2. 2.to run
  3. 3.to control
  4. 4.to manage
  5. 5.to play a musical instrument; to perform music; to give an instrumental performance
  6. 6.to drill; to exercise
  7. 7.to have somebody overwork
  8. 8.to speak (a language or with an accent)
  9. 9.calisthenics
  10. 10.exercise
  11. 11.to train; to practice; to review; to exercise
  12. 12.to lift up; to physically hold up (such as one's clothes by the hand when crossing wet or unsafe terrain)
  13. 13.a surname, Cao
  14. 14.conduct; behaviour

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sʰaːw, *sʰaːws): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 喿 (OC *saːws).

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