曹
cáo

plaintiff and defendant

Senses

曹 cáo Cao

a Chinese surname

曹 cáo [group]

(bound form) people of the same kind; a group of people; a suffix used similarly to 们 men to denote a group of people

曹 cáo (bound form) office

(bound form) a government department or an official post in ancient China; a division of administration

曹 cáo (bound form) litigant

(bound form) a party in a lawsuit, referring to either the plaintiff or the defendant

曹 cáo Cao state

a vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty located in modern-day southwestern Shandong province

曹 cáo together

(literary) together; jointly; in a group

References

see 曹/曹 → 们/們