cáo
曹 (cáo) is a Chinese word meaning “class or grade; generation; plaintiff and defendant (old)”.
Meanings
- 1class or grade
- 2generation
- 3plaintiff and defendant (old)
- 4government department (old)
Related words
曹surname Cao曹操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 曹丕阴曹hell军曹鱼cobia or black kingfish (Rachycentron canadum)市曹market我曹(archaic) we曹白鱼Chinese herring (Ilisha elongata)绑赴市曹to bind up and take to the market (idiom); to take a prisoner to the town center for execution说曹操曹操就到lit. speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives赴阴曹to enter hell身在曹营心在汉live in Cao camp but have the heart in Han camp (idiom)阴曹地府netherworld