# 操作 (cāozuò)

In Mandarin Chinese, 操作 (cāozuò) means “to operate; to work (a device)”. It is part of the HSK 4 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to operate; to work (a device)
- Pinyin: cāozuò (cao1 zuo4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 4
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 这台新机器操作起来很简单。
  Zhè tái xīn jīqì cāozuò qǐlái hěn jiǎndān.
  This new machine is very simple to operate.

## Characters

- 操 (cāo): to grasp; to hold
- [作](https://hanziro.com/word/zuo-write/) (zuò): to write; to compose

https://hanziro.com/word/cao-zuo-operate/

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