操

cāo

B2 Level 6

操 (cāo) is a Chinese word meaning “to grasp”. It sits at TOCFL Level 6 (CEFR B2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  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)

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).