操刀

Chinese

		to hold; to drill; to exercise to hold; to drill; to exercise; to act; to do; to take in hand; to keep; to manage	knife
trad. (操刀)		操	刀
simp. ^#(操刀)		操	刀
Literally: “to hold the knife”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cāodāo

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄠㄉㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cou¹ dou¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cāodāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄠㄉㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: caodao
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻao¹-tao¹
  - Yale: tsāu-dāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaudau
  - Palladius: цаодао (caodao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cou¹ dou¹
  - Yale: chōu dōu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsou¹ dou¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cou¹ dou¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯⁵⁵ tou̯⁵⁵/

Verb

操刀

(figurative) to hold the reins; to be in charge
(figurative, surgery, of a person) to perform the operation

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