操作(cāo zuò)

HSK 52 characters

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Character breakdown

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Example sentences

How 操作 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

  • 他似乎不能操作计算机。

    tā sì hū bù néng cāo zuò jì suàn jī

    He seemed unable to operate a computer.

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