操作

cāozuò

to work; to operate; to manipulate

verb HSK 3.0 · Band 5

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

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Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

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See it in sentences

这个机器的操作很简单。

This machine is very simple to operate.

你操作过这台机器吗？

Have you operated this machine?