cáo = c + ao2
surname Cao / Zhou Dynasty vassal state
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cáo = c + ao2
class or grade / generation / plaintiff and defendant (old) / government department (old)
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How to pronounce 曹

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= c initial

C is for the King of Chu.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ ao2 final

In the aorta’s kitchen.

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曹 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= y + Ø1
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
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yuē = yu + e1
to speak / to say
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= qu + Ø1
surname Qu
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= qu + Ø1
bent / crooked / wrong
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= qu + Ø3
tune / song / CL:支[zhi1]
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= qu + Ø1
variant of 麴|曲[qu1]
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= qu + Ø1
yeast / Aspergillus (includes many common molds) / Taiwan pr. [qu2]
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Characters with 曹 as component

zāo = z + ao1
dregs / draff / pickled in wine / rotten / messy / ruined
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zāo = z + ao1
to meet by chance (usually with misfortune) / classifier for events: time, turn, incident
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cáo = c + ao2
trough / manger / groove / channel / (Tw) (computing) hard drive
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Words with 曹

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
hell / the inferno
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

Sentences with 曹

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