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Jyutping cou1 [1] [v] grasp; hold; seize; control [2] [v] operate; be engaged in; take up [3] [v] speak (a language or dialect) [4] [v,n] drill; exercise; gymnastics Jyutping cou3 cou1 [n] conduct; behaviour; integrity  Additional PoS:  Stroke count: 16
Level: 1
Radical: 扌 (#64)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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操心
cou1 sam1 = to bother, to worry about
體操
tai2 cou1 = gymnastics
操縱
cou1 zung3 = to operate; to control
操練
cou1 lin6 = drill; practice
操場
cou1 coeng4 = playground; sports field
操勞
cou1 lou4 = to work hard; to look after
操作
cou1 zok3 = to operate; to control
健美操
gin6 mei5 cou1 = aerobics
操刀
cou1 dou1 = to hold a knife
操作性能
cou1 zok3 sing3 nang4 = serviceability
操作環境
cou1 zok3 waan4 ging2 = operating environment
操作程序
cou1 zok3 cing4 zeoi6 = operation sequence
操作程序圖
cou1 zok3 cing4 zeoi6 tou4 = flow diagram; flowchart
操作系統
cou1 zok3 hai6 tung2 = operating system
操作者
cou1 zok3 ze2 = a manipulator, operator
操作速率
cou1 zok3 cuk1 leot6 = operating speed
人手操作
jan4 sau2 cou1 zok3 = manual operation
器械體操
hei3 haai6 tai2 cou1 = gymnastics on or with apparatus
遠距離操縱
jyun5 keoi5 lei4 cou1 zung3 = remote control; telecontrol
暗箱操作
am3 soeng1 cou1 zok3 = black case work; block box operation (common formation)
自由體操
zi6 jau4 tai2 cou1 = floor (gymnastics) (common formation)
藝術體操
ngai6 seot6 tai2 cou1 = rhythmic gymnastics (common formation)
電腦操作
din6 nou5 cou1 zok3 = computer handling (common formation)
操縱選票
cou1 zung3 syun2 piu3 = vote rigging (common formation)
機械操作
gei1 haai6 cou1 zok3 = robotics (common formation)
一講曹操，曹操就到
jat1 gong2 cou4 cou1, cou4 cou1 zau6 dou3 = speak of the devil; Speak of the Devil and he shall come
同室操戈
tung4 sat1 cou1 gwo1 = infighting; internal strife
操一口
cou1 jat1 hau2 = speak (sth. in some language)
操控
cou1 hung3 = control; manipulate
操守
cou3 sau2 = personal integrity
貞操
zing1 cou1 = chastity
節操
zit3 cou3 = integrity
操啤
cou1 pe1 = play poker 粵
核武器操練
hat6 mou5 hei3 cou1 lin6 = nuclear weapon exercise
曹操
cou4 cou1 = Ts'ao Ts'ao (Cao Cao)
網絡操作系統
mong5 lok3 cou1 zok3 hai6 tung2 = network operating system
遙控操作
jiu4 hung3 cou1 zok3 = remote operation
互聯網操作系統
wu6 lyun4 mong5 cou1 zok3 hai6 tung2 = internet operating system
中文操作系統
zung1 man4 cou1 zok3 hai6 tung2 = Chinese Operating System; CCDOS (common formation)
價格操縱
gaa3 gaak3 cou1 zung3 = price manipulation; price rigging (common formation)
實時操作環境
sat6 si4 cou1 zok3 waan4 ging2 = realtime operating environment (common formation) |
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Showing all 3 examples containing 操
呢部機器好容易操作。 粵
It's easy to operate this machine. [Whilst the English version needs a dummy subject "it", the Chinese version needs no subject with "this machine" functioning as a topic of the sentence.]
一講曹操 曹操就到 ?!
PLEASE DELETE AND RECREATE AS A COMPOUND (IDIOM), AS PER http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,92526,92538#msg-92538 Speak of the devil (and he shall appear). [PLEASE DELETE AND RECREATE AS A COMPOUND (IDIOM), AS PER http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,92526,92538#msg-92538 Note that this is a rough translation "曹操" is actually a famous Chinese general and NOT a translation for the devil.]
做緊健身操嗰個人係我細佬。 粵
The guy doing the keep-fit exercise is my brother. [In the Canto version, the noun 'guy' is placed after the verbal phrase which modifies the noun. In the English version, the noun is placed before the phrase.] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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