| 曹不兴 | [ caó bù xīng ] Cao Buxing or Ts'ao Pu-hsing (active c. 210-250), famous semilegendary painter, one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家 |
| 曹刚川 | [ caó gāng chuān ] Cao Gangchuan (1935-), former artillery officer, senior PRC politician and army leader |
| 曹参 | [ caó cān ] Cao Can (-190 BC), second chancellor of Han Dynasty, contributed to its founding by fighting on Liu Bang's 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争[Chu3 Han4 Zhan4 zheng1], also pr. [Cao2 Shen1] |
| 曹冲 | [ caó chōng ] Cao Chong (196-208), son of Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] |
| 曹白鱼 | [ caó baí yú ] Chinese herring (Ilisha elongata), white herring, slender shad |
| 曹县 | [ caó xiàn ] Cao county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽[He2 ze2], Shandong |
| 曹锟 | [ caó kūn ] Cao Kun (1862-1938), one of the Northern Warlords |
| 曹靖华 | [ caó jìng huá ] Cao Jinghua (1897-1987), translator from Russian, professor of Peking University and essayist |
| 曹余章 | [ caó yú zhāng ] Cao Yuzhang (1924-1996), modern writer and publisher, author of Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History 上下五千年[Shang4 xia4 Wu3 Qian1 nian2] |
| ⇒ 绑赴市曹 | [ bǎng fù shì caó ] to bind up and take to the market (idiom); to take a prisoner to the town center for execution |
| ⇒ 聂姆曹娃 | [ niè mǔ caó wá ] Božena Němcová (1820-1862), Czech writer |
| ⇒ 萧规曹随 | [ guī caó suí ] lit. Xiao's 蕭何|萧何[Xiao1 He2] governance followed by Cao 曹參|曹参[Cao2 Can1] (idiom), fig. to strictly adhere to the policies of the predecessor, to follow precedent |
| ⇒ 说曹操曹操就到 | [ shuō caó caō caó caō jiù daò ] lit. speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives, fig. speak of the devil and he doth appear |
| ⇒ 说曹操曹操就到 | [ shuō caó caō caó caō jiù daò ] lit. speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives, fig. speak of the devil and he doth appear |
| ⇒ 说曹操，曹操到 | [ shuō caó caō caó caō daò ] see 說曹操曹操就到|说曹操曹操就到[shuo1 Cao2 Cao1 Cao2 Cao1 jiu4 dao4] |
| ⇒ 说曹操，曹操到 | [ shuō caó caō caó caō daò ] see 說曹操曹操就到|说曹操曹操就到[shuo1 Cao2 Cao1 Cao2 Cao1 jiu4 dao4] |
| ⇒ 赴阴曹 | [ fù yīn caó ] to enter hell |
| ⇒ 身在曹营心在汉 | [ shēn zaì caó yíng xīn zaì hàn ] live in Cao camp but have the heart in Han camp (idiom), to be somewhere while longing to be somewhere else |
| ⇒ 军曹鱼 | [ jūn caó yú ] cobia or black kingfish (Rachycentron canadum) |
| ⇒ 阴曹 | [ yīn caó ] hell, the inferno |
| ⇒ 阴曹地府 | [ yīn caó dì fǔ ] netherworld, Kingdom of the Underworld, Hades |
