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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 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 |
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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. |