操作 Simplified/traditional word 操作 English definition cāo zuò to work to operate to manipulate HSK level HSK 6 Characters 操 (cāo): to grasp; to hold; to operate; to manage; to control; to steer; to exercise; to drill (practice); to play; to speak (a language); 作 (zuò): to do; to grow; to write or compose; to pretend; to regard as; to feel; writings or works;