pīnyīn
pin1yin1
ㄓㄨㄧㄣ
simplified
traditional
曹
曹
cao2
surname Cao; Zhou Dynasty vassal state
曹
曹
cao2
class or grade; generation; plaintiff and defendant (old); government department (old)
strokes
11
radical
strokes after radical
7
绑赴市曹
綁赴市曹
bang3 fu4 shi4 cao2
to bind up and take to the market (idiom); to take a prisoner to the town center for execution
曹白鱼
曹白魚
cao2 bai2 yu2
Chinese herring (Ilisha elongata); white herring; slender shad
曹不兴
曹不興
cao2 bu4 xing1
Cao Buxing or Ts'ao Pu-hsing (active c. 210-250), famous semi-legendary painter, one of the Four Great Painters of the Six dynasties 六朝四大家
曹参
曹參
cao2 can1
Cao Can (-190 BC), second chancellor of Han Dynasty, contributed to its founding by fighting on Liu Bang's 劉邦|刘邦 side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争; also pr.
曹操
曹操
cao2 cao1
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
曹冲
曹沖
cao2 chong1
Cao Chong (196-208), son of Cao Cao 曹操
曹刚川
曹剛川
cao2 gang1 chuan1
Cao Gangchuan (1935-), former artillery officer, senior PRC politician and army leader
曹靖华
曹靖華
cao2 jing4 hua2
Cao Jinghua (1897-1987), translator from Russian, professor of Peking University and essayist
曹锟
曹錕
cao2 kun1
Cao Kun (1862-1938), one of the Northern Warlords
曹丕
曹丕
cao2 pi1
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
曹魏
曹魏
cao2 wei4
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
曹县
曹縣
cao2 xian4
Cao county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽, Shandong
曹雪芹
曹雪芹
cao2 xue3 qin2
Cao Xueqin (c. 1715-c. 1764), accepted author of A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦
曹禺
曹禺
cao2 yu2
Cao Yu (1910-1997), PRC dramatist
曹余章
曹餘章
cao2 yu2 zhang1
Cao Yuzhang (1924-), modern writer and publisher, author of narrative history 上下五千年
曹植
曹植
cao2 zhi2
Cao Zhi (192-232), son of Cao Cao 曹操, noted poet and calligrapher
赴阴曹
赴陰曹
fu4 yin1 cao2
to enter hell
军曹鱼
軍曹魚
jun1 cao2 yu2
cobia or black kingfish (Rachycentron canadum)
聂姆曹娃
聶姆曹娃
nie4 mu3 cao2 wa2
Božena Němcová (1820-1862), Czech writer
三曹
三曹
san1 cao2
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
身在曹营心在汉
身在曹營心在漢
shen1 zai4 cao2 ying2 xin1 zai4 han4
live in Cao camp but have the heart in Han camp (idiom.); to be somewhere while longing to be somewhere else
市曹
市曹
shi4 cao2
market; official in charge of small merchants
说曹操,曹操到
說曹操,曹操到
shuo1 cao2 cao1 - cao2 cao1 dao4
see 說曹操曹操就到|说曹操曹操就到
说曹操曹操就到
說曹操曹操就到
shuo1 cao2 cao1 cao2 cao1 jiu4 dao4
lit. speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives; fig. speak of the devil and he doth appear
萧规曹随
蕭規曹隨
xiao1 gui1 cao2 sui2
lit. Xiao's 蕭何|萧何 governance followed by Cao 曹參|曹参 (idiom); fig. to strictly adhere to the policies of the predecessor; to follow precedent
阴曹
陰曹
yin1 cao2
hell; the inferno
阴曹地府
陰曹地府
yin1 cao2 di4 fu3
netherworld; Kingdom of the Underworld; Hades