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操

cāo · cao/cào · cao

Traditional 撡

Meaning

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cāo 操

  1. to grasp
  2. to hold
  3. to operate
  4. to manage
  5. to control
  6. to steer
  7. to exercise
  8. to drill (practice)
  9. to play
  10. to speak (a language)

cào 操

  1. variant of 肏 (cào)

cāo 撡

  1. old variant of 操 (cāo)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)操(cāo)一(yì)口(kǒu)流(liú)利(lì)的(de)英(yīng)语(yǔ)。

He speaks English fluently.

Tatoeba: Chinese by omerfarukckmk · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

她(tā)操(cāo)着(zhe)浓(nóng)重(zhòng)的(de)南(nán)方(fāng)口(kǒu)音(yīn)。

She speaks with a strong southern accent.

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