曹 cou⁴ {cáo}

1. class or grade
2. generation
3. plaintiff and defendant (old)
4. government department (old)

曹 cou⁴ {Cáo}

1. surname Cao
2. Zhou Dynasty vassal state

曹參〔-参〕 {Cáo Shēn}

1. Cao Can (-190 BC), second chancellor of Han Dynasty, contributed to its founding by fighting on Liu Bang's 劉邦 side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚漢戰爭
2. also pr. [Cao2 Shen1]

曹操 cou⁴ cou¹ {Cáo Cāo}

1. 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
2. the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義

曹沖〔-冲〕 cou⁴ cung¹ {Cáo Chōng}

Cao Chong (196-208), son of Cao Cao 曹操

曹禺 cou⁴ jyu⁴ {Cáo Yú}

Cao Yu (1910-1997), PRC dramatist

曹縣〔-县〕 cou⁴ jyun⁶ {Cáo xiàn}

Cao county in Heze 菏澤, Shandong

曹錕〔-锟〕 cou⁴ kwan¹ {Cáo Kūn}

Cao Kun (1862-1938), one of the Northern Warlords

曹魏 cou⁴ ngai⁶ {Cáo Wèi}

Cao 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

曹丕 cou⁴ pei¹ {Cáo Pī}

Cao 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

曹參〔-参〕 cou⁴ sam¹ {Cáo Cān}

1. Cao Can (-190 BC), second chancellor of Han Dynasty, contributed to its founding by fighting on Liu Bang's 劉邦 side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚漢戰爭
2. also pr. [Cao2 Shen1]

曹植 cou⁴ zik⁶ {Cáo Zhí}

Cao Zhi (192-232), son of Cao Cao 曹操, noted poet and calligrapher

曹白魚〔--鱼〕 cou⁴ baak⁶ jyu² {cáo bái yú}

1. Chinese herring (Ilisha elongata)
2. white herring
3. slender shad

曹不興〔--兴〕 cou⁴ bat¹ hing³ {Cáo Bù xīng}

Cao Buxing or Ts'ao Pu-hsing (active c. 210-250), famous semi-legendary painter, one of the Four Great Painters of the Six dynasties 六朝四大家

曹剛川〔-刚-〕 cou⁴ gong¹ cyun¹ {Cáo Gāng chuān}

Cao Gangchuan (1935-), former artillery officer, senior PRC politician and army leader

曹餘章〔-余-〕 cou⁴ jyu⁴ zoeng¹ {Cáo Yú zhāng}

Cao Yuzhang (1924-), modern writer and publisher, author of narrative history 上下五千年

曹雪芹 cou⁴ syut³ kan⁴ {Cáo Xuě qín}

Cao Xueqin (c. 1715-c. 1764), accepted author of A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢

曹靖華〔--华〕 cou⁴ zing⁶ waa⁴ {Cáo Jìng huá}

Cao Jinghua (1897-1987), translator from Russian, professor of Peking University and essayist

曹操都有知心友，關公亦有對頭人〔--------关---对头-〕 cou⁴ cou¹ dou¹ jau⁵ zi¹ sam¹ jau⁵ gwaan¹ gung¹ jik⁶ jau⁵ deoi³ tau⁴ jan⁴ {Cáo Cāo dōu yǒu zhī xīn yǒu , Guān gōng yì yǒu duì tou rén}

there will always be supporters and opponents to someone no matter what their personality is