Chinese words starting with “cao”
14 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable cao. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 1 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial c · final ao · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 7
- 2nd tone 2
- 3rd tone 5
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 草地cǎo dìHSK 2
lawn; meadow; sod; turf
All 14 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 草 | cǎo | n | grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough | |
| 2 | 操作 | cāo zuò | v,vn | to work; to operate; to manipulate | |
| 3 | 槽 | cáo | g | trough; manger; groove; channel; (Tw) (computing) hard drive | |
| 4 | 操纵 | cāo zòng | v,vn | to operate; to control; to rig; to manipulate | |
| 5 | 草原 | cǎo yuán | n | grassland; prairie | |
| 6 | 草坪 | cǎo píng | n | lawn | |
| 7 | 操心 | cāo xīn | v | to worry about | |
| 8 | 操场 | cāo chǎng | n | playground; sports field; drill ground | |
| 9 | 草案 | cǎo àn | n | draft (legislation, proposal etc) | |
| 10 | 草率 | cǎo shuài | a,ad | careless; negligent; sloppy; not serious | |
| 11 | 嘈杂 | cáo zá | a,an | noisy; clamorous | |
| 12 | 操劳 | cāo láo | v,vn | to work hard; to look after | |
| 13 | 操练 | cāo liàn | v | drill; practice | |
| 14 | 操控 | cāo kòng | to control; to manipulate |
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