Chinese symbol for “manipulate”
操弄
cāo nòng
to manipulate; manipulation
The closest CC-CEDICT match for manipulate is 操弄 (cāo nòng), defined as: to manipulate; manipulation.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “manipulate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 操作 | cāo zuò | to work; to operate |
| 操纵 (操縱) | cāo zòng | to operate; to control |
| 操控 | cāo kòng | to control; to manipulate |
| 摆布 (擺布) | bǎi bù | to arrange; to order about |
| 牵线 (牽線) | qiān xiàn | to pull strings; to manipulate (a puppet) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 操弄.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 操作 | cāo zuò | to work; to operate |
| 操纵 (操縱) | cāo zòng | to operate; to control |
| 操控 | cāo kòng | to control; to manipulate |
| 操作系统 (操作系統) | cāo zuò xì tǒng | operating system |
| 体操 (體操) | tǐ cāo | gymnastic; gymnastics |
| 我操 | wǒ cào | (substitute for 我肏 (wǒ cào)) fuck; WTF |
| 玩弄 | wán nòng | to play with; to toy with |
| 愚弄 | yú nòng | to make a fool out of; to fool |
See also: Japanese symbol for “manipulate”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.