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Pronunciation

Peng'im: cao1
POJ: tshau
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

verb: to exercise; to drill, to control; to manage, to speak (a language, with an accent)
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The character carries many senses (exercise/drill, control/manage, play music, speak a language, plus a surname) all under the same cao1 reading, and the page does not pin down which single sense the Teochew reading most centrally corresponds to.

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