Usage of the character 曹
Cáo
曹
[曹]
- surname Cao
- Zhou Dynasty vassal state
cáo
曹
[曹]
- class or grade
- generation
- plaintiff and defendant (old)
- government department (old)
shìcáo
市曹
[市曹]
- market
- official in charge of small merchants
Cáo Kūn
曹锟
[曹錕]
- Cao Kun (1862-1938), one of the Northern Warlords
Cáo Yú
曹禺
[曹禺]
- Cao Yu (1910-1997), PRC dramatist
Cáo Wèi
曹魏
[曹魏]
- 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
yīncáo
阴曹
[陰曹]
- hell
- the inferno
Cáo Cāo
曹操
[曹操]
- 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
Sān Cáo
三曹
[三曹]
- 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
Cáoxiàn
曹县
[曹縣]
- Cao county in Heze 菏澤／菏泽 ( Hézé), Shandong
Cáo Pī
曹丕
[曹丕]
- 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
Cáo Cān
曹参
[曹參]
- Cao Can (-190 BC), second chancellor of Han Dynasty, contributed to its founding by fighting on Liu Bang's 劉邦／刘邦 ( Liú Bāng) side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚漢戰爭／楚汉战争 ( Chǔ Hàn Zhànzhēng)
- also pr. ( Cáo Shēn)
Cáo Chōng
曹冲
[曹沖]
- Cao Chong (196-208), son of Cao Cao 曹操 ( Cáo Cāo)
Cáo Zhí
曹植
[曹植]
- Cao Zhi (192-232), son of Cao Cao 曹操, noted poet and calligrapher
wǒcáo
我曹
[我曹]
- (archaic) we
- us
- (Internet slang) (substitute for 我肏 (wǒcào)) fuck
- WTF
cáobáiyú
曹白鱼
[曹白魚]
- Chinese herring (Ilisha elongata)
- white herring
- slender shad
Cáo Bùxīng
曹不兴
[曹不興]
- Cao Buxing or Ts'ao Pu-hsing (active c. 210-250), famous semilegendary painter, one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家
Cáo Xuěqín
曹雪芹
[曹雪芹]
- Cao Xueqin (c. 1715-c. 1764), accepted author of A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢／红楼梦 ( Hónglóu Mèng)
Cáo Yúzhāng
曹余章
[曹餘章]
- Cao Yuzhang (1924-1996), modern writer and publisher, author of Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History 上下五千年 ( Shàngxià Wǔ Qiānnián)
Cáo Gāngchuān
曹刚川
[曹剛川]
- Cao Gangchuan (1935-), former artillery officer, senior PRC politician and army leader
Cáo Jìnghuá
曹靖华
[曹靖華]
- Cao Jinghua (1897-1987), translator from Russian, professor of Peking University and essayist
jūncáoyú
军曹鱼
[軍曹魚]
- cobia or black kingfish (Rachycentron canadum)
fùyīncáo
赴阴曹
[赴陰曹]
- to enter hell
Nièmǔcáowá
聂姆曹娃
[聶姆曹娃]
- Božena Němcová (1820-1862), Czech writer
Xiāoguī Cáosuí
萧规曹随
[蕭規曹隨]
- lit. Xiao's 蕭何／萧何 ( Xiāo Hé) governance followed by Cao 曹參／曹参 ( Cáo Cān) (idiom)
- fig. to strictly adhere to the policies of the predecessor
- to follow precedent
bǎngfùshìcáo
绑赴市曹
[綁赴市曹]
- to bind up and take to the market (idiom); to take a prisoner to the town center for execution
yīncáodìfǔ
阴曹地府
[陰曹地府]
- netherworld
- Kingdom of the Underworld
- Hades
shuō Cáo Cāo Cáo Cāojiùdào
说曹操曹操就到
[說曹操曹操就到]
- lit. speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives
- fig. speak of the devil and he doth appear
shuō Cáo Cāo, Cáo Cāodào
说曹操，曹操到
[說曹操，曹操到]
- see 說曹操曹操就到／说曹操曹操就到 (shuō Cáo Cāo Cáo Cāojiùdào)
shēnzài Cáoyíngxīnzài Hàn
身在曹营心在汉
[身在曹營心在漢]
- live in Cao camp but have the heart in Han camp (idiom)
- to be somewhere while longing to be somewhere else