操 cāo
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 喿 the sound of birds chirping
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
操控
cāokòng
to control; to manipulate
Characters in this word
控 kòng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 空 hollow, empty, deserted, bare
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 平台通过算法操控信息流，可能在无形中放大社会偏见。 Píngtái tōngguò suànfǎ cāokòng xìnxīliú, kěnéng zài wúxíng zhōng fàngdà shèhuì piānjiàn. By controlling information flows through algorithms, platforms may invisibly amplify social bias.
- 他用手机远程操控家里的灯和空调。 Tā yòng shǒujī yuǎnchéng cāokòng jiālǐ de dēng hé kōngtiáo. He uses his phone to remotely control the lights and air conditioner at home.
- 孩子们正在操控小机器人穿过迷宫。 Háizimen zhèngzài cāokòng xiǎo jīqìrén chuānguò mígōng. The children are steering a little robot through a maze.
Related words
- 操场 cāochǎng sports field
- 操作 cāozuò to operate
- 体操 tǐcāo gymnastics
- 操劳 cāoláo to toil; to work hard and worry
- 操练 cāoliàn to drill; to train
- 操心 cāoxīn to worry about; to take trouble over
- 操纵 cāozòng to manipulate; to control
- 控制 kòngzhì to control
- 监控 jiānkòng to monitor; monitoring
- 控告 kònggào to accuse; to charge
- 失控 shīkòng to lose control; out of control
- 调控 tiáokòng to regulate; to control