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剿

chāo

Character

What 剿 means

1. to plagiarize

Other readings

剿 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• jiǎoto destroy; to extirpate
• chāovariant of {剿|chāo}
• jiǎovariant of {剿|jiǎo}

Words starting with 剿

• 剿匪jiǎo fěito send armed forces to suppress
• 剿灭jiǎo mièto eliminate (by armed force)
• 剿说chāo shuōto plagiarize
• 剿袭chāo xívariant of 抄袭

Words containing 剿

• 围剿wéi jiǎoto encircle and subdue (an armed group or insurgents); (fig.) to gang up on…
• 包剿bāo jiǎoto surround and annihilate (bandits)
• 征剿zhēng jiǎoto mount a punitive expedition against bandits
• 清剿qīng jiǎoto suppress (insurgents); clean-up operation
• 追剿zhuī jiǎoto pursue and eliminate; to suppress
• 反围剿fǎn wéi jiǎocommunist attack against the Guomindang's encircle and annihilate campaign

Characters that look like 剿

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 割gēto cut; to cut apart
• 剩shèngto remain; to be left; to have as remainder
• 彰zhāngclear; conspicuous; manifest
• 剽piāoto rob; swift; nimble
• 靳jìnmartingale; stingy
• 鄢yānused in 鄢陵

Sounds the same

Read chāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 超to exceed; to overtake; to surpass
• 抄to make a copy; to plagiarize; to search and seize
• 钞money; paper money; variant of 抄
• 绰to grab; to snatch up; variant of 焯
• 焯to blanch; to parboil
• 弨unbent bow
• 怊(literary) sad; sorrowful; disappointed; frustrated
• 訬clamor; uproar; annoyance