| 曹 | [ caó ] surname Cao, Zhou Dynasty vassal state |
| 曹 | [ caó ] class or grade, generation, plaintiff and defendant (old), government department (old) |
| 曹不興 | [ caó bù xīng ] Cao 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 |
| 曹丕 | [ caó 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 |
| 曹剛川 | [ caó gāng chuān ] Cao Gangchuan (1935-), former artillery officer, senior PRC politician and army leader |
| 曹參 | [ caó cān ] Cao Can (-190 BC), second chancellor of Han Dynasty, contributed to its founding by fighting on Liu Bang's 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争[Chu3 Han4 Zhan4 zheng1], also pr. [Cao2 Shen1] |
| 曹操 | [ caó caō ] 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 三國演義|三国演义 |
| 曹植 | [ caó zhí ] Cao Zhi (192-232), son of Cao Cao 曹操, noted poet and calligrapher |
| 曹沖 | [ caó chōng ] Cao Chong (196-208), son of Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] |
| 曹白魚 | [ caó baí yú ] Chinese herring (Ilisha elongata), white herring, slender shad |
| 曹禺 | [ caó yú ] Cao Yu (1910-1997), PRC dramatist |
| 曹縣 | [ caó xiàn ] Cao county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽[He2 ze2], Shandong |
| 曹錕 | [ caó kūn ] Cao Kun (1862-1938), one of the Northern Warlords |
| 曹雪芹 | [ caó xuě qín ] Cao Xueqin (c. 1715-c. 1764), accepted author of A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4] |
| 曹靖華 | [ caó jìng huá ] Cao Jinghua (1897-1987), translator from Russian, professor of Peking University and essayist |
| 曹餘章 | [ caó yú zhāng ] Cao Yuzhang (1924-1996), modern writer and publisher, author of Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History 上下五千年[Shang4 xia4 Wu3 Qian1 nian2] |
| 曹魏 | [ caó weì ] 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 |
| ⇒ 三曹 | [ sān caó ] the Three Caos (Cao Cao 曹操 and his sons Cao Pi 曹丕 and Cao Zhi 曹植), who established the Wei or Cao Wei dynasty 曹魏, and were all three noted poets and calligraphers |
| ⇒ 市曹 | [ shì caó ] market, official in charge of small merchants |
| ⇒ 我曹 | [ wǒ caó ] (archaic) we, us, (Internet slang) (substitute for 我肏[wo3 cao4]) fuck, WTF |
| ⇒ 綁赴市曹 | [ bǎng fù shì caó ] to bind up and take to the market (idiom); to take a prisoner to the town center for execution |
| ⇒ 聶姆曹娃 | [ niè mǔ caó wá ] Božena Němcová (1820-1862), Czech writer |
| ⇒ 蕭規曹隨 | [ guī caó suí ] lit. Xiao's 蕭何|萧何[Xiao1 He2] governance followed by Cao 曹參|曹参[Cao2 Can1] (idiom), fig. to strictly adhere to the policies of the predecessor, to follow precedent |
| ⇒ 說曹操曹操就到 | [ shuō caó caō caó caō jiù daò ] lit. speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives, fig. speak of the devil and he doth appear |
| ⇒ 說曹操曹操就到 | [ shuō caó caō caó caō jiù daò ] lit. speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives, fig. speak of the devil and he doth appear |
| ⇒ 說曹操，曹操到 | [ shuō caó caō caó caō daò ] see 說曹操曹操就到|说曹操曹操就到[shuo1 Cao2 Cao1 Cao2 Cao1 jiu4 dao4] |
| ⇒ 說曹操，曹操到 | [ shuō caó caō caó caō daò ] see 說曹操曹操就到|说曹操曹操就到[shuo1 Cao2 Cao1 Cao2 Cao1 jiu4 dao4] |
| ⇒ 赴陰曹 | [ fù yīn caó ] to enter hell |
| ⇒ 身在曹營心在漢 | [ shēn zaì caó yíng xīn zaì hàn ] live in Cao camp but have the heart in Han camp (idiom), to be somewhere while longing to be somewhere else |
| ⇒ 軍曹魚 | [ jūn caó yú ] cobia or black kingfish (Rachycentron canadum) |
| ⇒ 陰曹 | [ yīn caó ] hell, the inferno |
| ⇒ 陰曹地府 | [ yīn caó dì fǔ ] netherworld, Kingdom of the Underworld, Hades |
