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抄

chāo

HSK 5 Character

What 抄 means

1. to make a copy
2. to plagiarize
3. to search and seize
4. to raid
5. to grab
6. to go off with
7. to take a shortcut
8. to make a turning move
9. to fold one's arms

Example sentences

• 你会抄我的句子。
  You will copy my phrases.
• 在考试的时候，汤姆作弊抄了玛丽的答案。
  Zài kǎoshì de shíhou, Tāngmǔ zuòbì chāo le Mǎlì de dá'àn.
  During the exam, Tom cheated off Mary.
• 有时候我会想，翻译这些连是自己母语的人都不甚了解，一看就知道是从哪本书上抄来的句子，它的意义到底在哪里?
  Sometimes I wonder about the meaning of translating sentences that even native speakers don’t fully understand. It's clear they are sentences copied from some book; what is their true significance?

Words starting with 抄

• 抄袭chāo xíto plagiarize; to copy; to attack the flank or rear of an enemy
• 抄家chāo jiāto search a house and confiscate possessions
• 抄写chāo xiěto copy; to transcribe
• 抄录chāo lùto make a copy of
• 抄本chāo běnhandwritten copy
• 抄件chāo jiànduplicate (copy)
• 抄底chāo dǐ(finance) to snap up undervalued stocks; bargain-hunting; bottom-fishing
• 抄手chāo shǒuto fold one's arms; copyist; (dialect) wonton
• 抄查chāo cháto search and confiscate
• 抄获chāo huòto search and seize
• 抄网chāo wǎngdip net
• 抄身chāo shēnto search (a person); to frisk
• 抄近chāo jìnto take a shortcut
• 抄送chāo sòngto make a copy (and send it to someone); Cc (for email); Carbon Copy (for email)
• 抄道chāo dàoto take a shortcut
• 抄小路chāo xiǎo lùto take the back roads; to take the side streets; to take the small paths
• 抄后路chāo hòu lùto outflank and attack from the rear
• 抄经士chāo jīng shìcopyist; scribe
• 抄近路chāo jìn lùto take a shortcut
• 抄靶子chāo bǎ zi(dialect) to do a body search; to frisk
• 抄近儿chāo jìn rerhua variant of 抄近

Words containing 抄

• 摘抄zhāi chāoto extract; to excerpt
• 手抄本shǒu chāo běnmanuscript copy of a book (before the printing press)
• 查抄chá chāoto take inventory of and confiscate a criminal's possessions…
• 照抄zhào chāoto copy word for word
• 传抄chuán chāoto copy (a text) from person to person; (of a text) to be transmitted by copying
• 包抄bāo chāoto outflank; to envelop
• 小抄xiǎo chāocheat sheet; crib sheet
• 做小抄zuò xiǎo chāoto prepare a crib sheet; to crib; to cheat by copying
• 文抄公wén chāo gōngplagiarist
• 兜抄dōu chāoto close in from the rear and flanks; to surround and attack…
• 满门抄斩mǎn mén chāo zhǎnto execute the whole family and confiscate their property
• 一言抄百总yī yán chāo bǎi zǒngto cut a long story short
• 小抄儿xiǎo chāo rerhua variant of 小抄

Characters built on 少

These share the phonetic component 少 (shǎo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 吵chǎoto quarrel; to make a noise; noisy
• 炒chǎoto sauté; to stir-fry; to speculate (in real estate etc); to scalp; to hype up
• 钞chāomoney; paper money; variant of 抄

Characters that look like 抄

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

• 妙miàoclever; wonderful
• 纱shācotton yarn; muslin
• 拧níngto pinch; wring
• 抒shūto express; to give expression to; variant of 纾
• 狞níngfierce-looking
• 拄zhǔto lean on; to prop on

Sounds the same

Read chāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 超to exceed; to overtake; to surpass
• 钞money; paper money; variant of 抄
• 剿to plagiarize
• 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