抄 chāo — to copy; to transcribe; to write out; to reproduce; to make a copy of
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Level 1 · Common HSK 6 #626
chāo chao1
Basic definition
Detailed explanation
verb
- (形声。从手，少声。本义:叉取)
- take up with a fork
- rob e.g 抄暴 · 抄夺 · 抄掠
- copy;transcribe e.g 抄集 · 抄白
- search and confiscate e.g 抄没 抄籍
- outflank e.g 抄击 · 抄近
- fold (one's arms) e.g 抄手 · 抄着腰
- go off with e.g 谁把我的字典抄走了
- take up e.g 抄起一把锹就走了
noun
- spoon;ladle
Related words
- 抄底 to buy at the bottom
- 抄袭 to plagiarize; to copy; to attack the flank or rear of an enemy; to crib
- 照抄 to copy verbatim; to copy mechanically
- 抄写 to copy; to transcribe; to write out; to copy down; to copy by hand
- 抄录 to copy down; to transcribe
- 抄家 to search a house and confiscate possessions; to raid; to ransack; to confiscate
- 手抄 to copy by hand; hand-copied
- 查抄 take inventory of and confiscate a criminal's possessions
- 包抄 to outflank; to envelop
- 抄本 handwritten copy; manuscript; transcript; manuscript copy; hand-copied edition
- 摘抄 to extract; to excerpt; to copy out
- 手抄本 a hand-copied manuscript
- 诗抄 a collected anthology of poems
- 抄近儿 to take a shortcut
- 抄送 to make a copy (and send it to someone)/Cc (for email)/Carbon Copy (for email)
- 抄没 to confiscate; to raid and seize
- 传抄 to copy by hand, passing from hand to hand
- 抄报 to send a copy (of a document) to a higher authority
- 文抄公 a plagiarist; someone who copies others' work
- 抄件 duplicate (copy)