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
操心
cāoxīn
to worry about; to take trouble over
Characters in this word
心 xīn
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 这件事已经交给专业团队处理，你不必再为细节操心。 Zhè jiàn shì yǐjīng jiāo gěi zhuānyè tuánduì chǔlǐ, nǐ bú bì zài wèi xìjié cāoxīn. This matter has already been handed to a professional team, so you need not worry about the details any more.
- 妈妈总是为孩子的学习操心。 Māma zǒngshì wèi háizi de xuéxí cāoxīn. Mum is always worrying about her child's studies.
- 我的事我自己能处理，你不用操心。 Wǒ de shì wǒ zìjǐ néng chǔlǐ, nǐ bú yòng cāoxīn. I can handle my own business, so you don't need to worry.
Related words
- 操场 cāochǎng sports field
- 操作 cāozuò to operate
- 体操 tǐcāo gymnastics
- 操控 cāokòng to control; to manipulate
- 操劳 cāoláo to toil; to work hard and worry
- 操练 cāoliàn to drill; to train
- 操纵 cāozòng to manipulate; to control
- 放心 fàngxīn to feel at ease; to not worry
- 关心 guānxīn to care about
- 开心 kāixīn happy
- 小心 xiǎoxīn careful
- 心里 xīnli in one's heart; in one's mind