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Talking Chinese English Dictionary

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IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
1 cáocao2class or grade; generation; plaintiff and defendant (old); government department (old); surname Cao; Zhou Dynasty vassal state
2曹操 曹操 cáo cāoCao2 Cao1Cao 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 ; the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三国演义
3曹军 曹軍 cáo jūncao2 jun1Cao's army
4曹子云 曹子云 cáo yúncao2 zi3 yun2Cao Ziyun
5曹子健 曹子健 cáo jiàncao2 zi3 jian4Cao Zijian
6曹植 曹植 cáo zhíCao2 Zhi2Cao Zhi (192-232), son of Cao Cao 曹操 , noted poet and calligrapher
7曹余章 曹餘章 cáo zhāngCao2 Yu2 zhang1Cao Yuzhang (1924-), modern writer and publisher, author of narrative history 上下五千年
8曹禺 曹禺 cáo Cao2 Yu2Cao Yu (1910-1997), PRC dramatist
9曹雪芹 曹雪芹 cáo xuě qínCao2 Xue3 qin2Cao Xueqin (c. 1715-c. 1764), accepted author of A Dream of Red Mansions 红楼梦
10曹县 曹縣 cáo xiànCao2 xian4Cao county in Heze 菏泽 , Shandong
11曹魏 曹魏 cáo wèiCao2 Wei4Cao Wei, the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms, established as a dynasty in 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕 , son of Cao Cao, replaced by Jin dynasty in 265
12曹丕 曹丕 cáo Cao2 Pi1Cao 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
13曹锟 曹錕 cáo kūnCao2 Kun1Cao Kun (1862-1938), one of the Northern Warlords
14曹靖华 曹靖華 cáo jìng huáCao2 Jing4 hua2Cao Jinghua (1897-1987), translator from Russian, professor of Peking University and essayist
15曹家 曹家 cáo jiācao2 jia1The Cao family
16曹公 曹公 cáo gōngcao2 gong1Cao Gong
17曹刚川 曹剛川 cáo gāng chuānCao2 Gang1 chuan1Cao Gangchuan (1935-), former artillery officer, senior PRC politician and army leader
18曹冲 曹沖 cáo chōngCao2 Chong1Cao Chong (196-208), son of Cao Cao 曹操
19曹参 曹參 cáo cānCao2 Can1Cao Can (-190 BC), second chancellor of Han Dynasty, contributed to its founding by fighting on Liu Bang's 刘邦 [Liu2 Bang1] side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚汉战争 [Chu3 Han4 Zhan4 zheng1]; also pr. [Cao2 Shen1]
20曹不兴 曹不興 cáo xīngCao2 Bu4 xing1Cao 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
21曹白鱼 曹白魚 cáo bái cao2 bai2 yu2Chinese herring (Ilisha elongata); white herring; slender shad