操

cào

variant of 肏[cao4]

hand (扌) + sound (喿) = vulgar hand action

扌 anchors this character in hand actions; 喿 contributes the sound cào and carries no semantic weight here. The character's vulgar sense developed as a graphic and phonetic variant of 肏.

扌+喿→操
喿Sound of birds chirpingPhonetic
扌HandSemantic

他骂人的时候说了操,旁边的人都皱起了眉头。

tā mà rén de shí hou shuō le cào,páng biān de rén dōu zhòu qǐ le méi tóu。

when he was cursing at someone he said 'cào,' and the people nearby all frowned.

操这个字太粗俗了,在正式场合绝对不能说。

cào zhè ge zì tài cū sú le,zài zhèng shì chǎng hé jué duì bù néng shuō。

the character 'cào' is too vulgar and absolutely cannot be said in formal settings.

Words with 操

操纵杆

cāo zòng gǎn

joystick

操盘

cāo pán

(finance) (of a fund manager, high-wealth individual etc) to make large trades (in stocks, futures etc)

稳操胜券

wěn cāo shèng quàn

grasp it and victory is assured

我操

wǒ cào

(substitute for 我肏[wo3 cao4]) fuck

遥控操作

yáo kòng cāo zuò

remote operation

重操旧业

chóng cāo jiù yè

to resume one's old trade (idiom)

陶冶情操

táo yě qíng cāo

to cultivate one's mind

体操

tǐ cāo

gymnastic

体操运动员

tǐ cāo yùn dòng yuán

gymnast

体操队

tǐ cāo duì

gymnastics team

黑箱操作

hēi xiāng cāo zuò

see 暗箱操作[an4 xiang1 cao1 zuo4]

互操性

hù cāo xìng

interoperability

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