| 1 | 操作 | 操作 | cāo zuò | cao1 zuo4 | to work; to operate; to manipulate | | |
| 2 | 操纵 | 操縱 | cāo zòng | cao1 zong4 | to operate; to control; to rig; to manipulate | | |
| 3 | 体操 | 體操 | tǐ cāo | ti3 cao1 | gymnastic; gymnastics | | |
| 4 | 操 | 撡 | cāo | cao1 | to grasp; to hold; to operate; to manage; to control; to steer; to exercise; to drill (practice); to play; to speak (a language); old variant of 操 | | |
| 5 | 情操 | 情操 | qíng cāo | qing2 cao1 | sentiments; feelings; disposition of mind; moral character | | |
| 6 | 曹操 | 曹操 | cáo cāo | Cao2 Cao1 | 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 ; the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三国演义 | | |
| 7 | 操心 | 操心 | cāo xīn | cao1 xin1 | to worry about | | |
| 8 | 操场 | 操場 | cāo chǎng | cao1 chang3 | playground; sports field; drill ground; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 9 | 操典 | 操典 | cāo diǎn | cao1 dian3 | drill book | | |
| 10 | 操劳过度 | 操勞過度 | cāo láo guò dù | cao1 lao2 guo4 du4 | to be excessively loaded with cares; to be overworked (idiom) | | |
| 11 | 操劳 | 操勞 | cāo láo | cao1 lao2 | to work hard; to look after | | |
| 12 | 操控 | 操控 | cāo kòng | cao1 kong4 | to control; to manipulate | | |
| 13 | 操航 | 操航 | cāo háng | cao1 hang2 | to take the helm; to steer (a ship) | | |
| 14 | 操觚为生 | 操觚為生 | cāo gū wéi shēng | cao1 gu1 wei2 sheng1 | to live (make a living) by writing (idiom) | | |
| 15 | 操觚 | 操觚 | cāo gū | cao1 gu1 | to write; to compose | | |
| 16 | 操斧伐柯 | 操斧伐柯 | cāo fǔ fá kē | cao1 fu3 fa2 ke1 | (cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax; fig. to follow a principle; fig. to act as matchmaker | | |
| 17 | 做操 | 做操 | zuò cāo | zuo4 cao1 | to do exercises; to do gymnastics | | |
| 18 | 操舵 | 操舵 | cāo duò | cao1 duo4 | to steer (a vessel); to hold the rudder; at the helm | | |
| 19 | 操刀手 | 操刀手 | cāo dāo shǒu | cao1 dao1 shou3 | person charged with decisive action; hatchet man | | |
| 20 | 操刀伤锦 | 操刀傷錦 | cāo dāo shāng jǐn | cao1 dao1 shang1 jin3 | to attempt sth. beyond one's capability and end in failure (idiom) | | |
| 21 | 操刀必割 | 操刀必割 | cāo dāo bì gē | cao1 dao1 bi4 ge1 | to be sure to take advantage of a chance when it comes (idiom) | | |
| 22 | 操办 | 操辦 | cāo bàn | cao1 ban4 | to arrange matters | | |
| 23 | 步操 | 步操 | bù cāo | bu4 cao1 | foot drill (military, physical exercises etc) | | |
| 24 | 必操胜券 | 必操勝券 | bì cāo shèng quàn | bi4 cao1 sheng4 quan4 | to control a situation (idiom) | | |
| 25 | 柏节松操 | 柏節松操 | bǎi jié sōng cāo | bai3 jie2 song1 cao1 | chaste widowhood | | |