操作

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	to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do; to make
trad. (操作)		操	作
simp. ^#(操作)		操	作

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cāozuò

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄠㄗㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cou¹ zok³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhâu-chok

(Hailu, HRS): cau^ˋ zog
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cor¹ zorh⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhau-chok / chhò͘-chok / chho-chok

(Teochew, Peng'im): cao¹ zag⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cāozuò
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄠㄗㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: caozuò
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻao¹-tso⁴
  - Yale: tsāu-dzwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsautzuoh
  - Palladius: цаоцзо (caoczo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cou¹ zok³
  - Yale: chōu jok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsou¹ dzok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: cou¹ zog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯⁵⁵ t͡sɔːk̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhâu-chok
  - Hakka Romanization System: cau^ˊ zog^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cau¹ zog⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰau̯²⁴ t͡sok̚²/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: cau^ˋ zog
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰau⁵³ t͡sok⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: cor¹ zorh⁶ [Phonetic: cor² zorh⁶]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cho̤-co̤h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɒ⁵³³⁻¹³ t͡sɒʔ²¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: cor¹ zorh⁶ [Phonetic: cor² zorh⁶]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɒ⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sɒʔ²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhau-chok
  - Tâi-lô: tshau-tsok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhauzog
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰau³³ t͡sɔk̚⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰau⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔk̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhò͘-chok
  - Tâi-lô: tshòo-tsok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhorzog
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sɔk̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chho-chok
  - Tâi-lô: tsho-tsok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhoizog
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰo⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔk̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cao¹ zag⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshau tsak
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰau³³⁻²³ t͡sak̚²/

Verb

操作

to operate; to maneuver; to manipulate (with the hands)
操作規程／操作规程 ― cāozuò guīchéng ― operating specifications

微機操作／微机操作 ― wēijī cāozuò ― computer operation

特種操作／特种操作 ― tèzhǒng cāozuò ― special operation
to do physical work; to do manual labour; to toil
to implement; to carry out; to put into practice
我覺得這個想法理論上沒有錯，不過實踐操作起來難度會很大。 [MSC, trad.]
我觉得这个想法理论上没有错，不过实践操作起来难度会很大。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ juéde zhège xiǎngfǎ lǐlùnshàng méiyǒu cuò, bùguò shíjiàn cāozuò qǐlái nándù huì hěn dà. [Pinyin]
I think this idea is not wrong in theory, but it will be very difficult to put into practice.

Synonyms

(to operate): 操縱／操纵 (cāozòng), 作業／作业 (zuòyè)
(to do physical work): 幹活／干活 (gànhuó), 勞動／劳动 (láodòng)
(to implement):

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來到 / 来到 (láidào)
執行 / 执行 (zhíxíng)
奉行 (fèngxíng)
實施 / 实施 (shíshī)
實現 / 实现 (shíxiàn)
實行 / 实行 (shíxíng)
實踐 / 实践 (shíjiàn)
履行 (lǚxíng)
採取 / 采取 (cǎiqǔ)
推行 (tuīxíng)
啟動 / 启动 (qǐdòng)
施
施行 (shīxíng)
施設 / 施设 (shīshè) (literary)
服行 (fúxíng) (literary)
落地 (figurative)
落實 / 落实 (luòshí)
貫徹 / 贯彻 (guànchè)
踐行 / 践行 (jiànxíng) (literary)
遂行 (suìxíng)

Derived terms

操作員 / 操作员 (cāozuòyuán)
操作工 (cāozuògōng)
操作系統 / 操作系统 (cāozuò xìtǒng)
操作者 (cāozuòzhě)
暗箱操作 (ànxiāng cāozuò)
還有這種操作 / 还有这种操作
黑箱操作 (hēixiāng cāozuò)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
操	作
そう Grade: 6	さ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そーさ [sóꜜòsà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [so̞ːsa̠]

Noun

操(そう)作(さ) • (sōsa) ^{←さうさ (sausa)^?}

maneuver, operate
操(そう)作(さ)が難(むずか)しい。
Sōsa ga muzukashii.
It is hard to operate.

Derived terms

操(そう)作(さ)主(しゅ)義(ぎ) (sōsa shugi)

Verb

操(そう)作(さ)する • (sōsa suru) ^{←さうさ (sausa)^?}transitive suru (stem 操(そう)作(さ)し (sōsa shi), past 操(そう)作(さ)した (sōsa shita))

to operate (machinery)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "操作する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	操作し	そうさし	sōsa shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	操作し	そうさし	sōsa shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	操作する	そうさする	sōsa suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	操作する	そうさする	sōsa suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	操作すれ	そうさすれ	sōsa sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	操作せよ¹ 操作しろ²	そうさせよ¹ そうさしろ²	sōsa seyo¹ sōsa shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	操作される	そうさされる	sōsa sareru
Causative	操作させる操作さす	そうささせるそうささす	sōsa saseru sōsa sasu
Potential	操作できる	そうさできる	sōsa dekiru
Volitional	操作しよう	そうさしよう	sōsa shiyō
Negative	操作しない	そうさしない	sōsa shinai
Negative continuative	操作せず	そうさせず	sōsa sezu
Formal	操作します	そうさします	sōsa shimasu
Perfective	操作した	そうさした	sōsa shita
Conjunctive	操作して	そうさして	sōsa shite
Hypothetical conditional	操作すれば	そうさすれば	sōsa sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“操作”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
操	作

Noun

操作 • (jojak) (hangeul 조작)

hanja form^? of 조작

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
操	作

Verb

操作

chữ Hán form of thao tác (“to operate; to manipulate”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK7-2] Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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