曹

阴曹

yīn cáo

hell

阴曹地府

yīn cáo dì fǔ

netherworld

三曹

sān cáo

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

赴阴曹

fù yīn cáo

to enter hell

市曹

shì cáo

market

我曹

wǒ cáo

(archaic) we

曹不兴

cáo bù xīng

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

曹丕

cáo pī

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

曹刚川

cáo gāng chuān

Cao Gangchuan (1935-), former artillery officer, senior PRC politician and army leader

曹参

cáo cān

also pr. [Cao2 Shen1]

曹妃甸

cáo fēi diàn

see 曹妃甸區|曹妃甸区[Cao2 fei1 dian4 Qu1]

曹妃甸区

cáo fēi diàn qū

Caofeidian, a district of Tangshan City 唐山市[Tang2 shan1 Shi4], Hebei