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拷

kǎo

Character

What 拷 means

1. to beat
2. to flog
3. to examine under torture
4. computingto copy (abbr. for {拷贝|kǎo bèi})

Example sentences

• 麻烦拷贝这个。
  Máfan kǎobèi zhège.
  Please copy this.
• 你能替我拷贝这个吗？
  Nǐ néng tì wǒ kǎobèi zhège ma?
  Can you copy this for me?
• 我妥善保管原版拷贝。
  Wǒ tuǒshàn bǎoguǎn yuán bǎn kǎobèi.
  I keep the master copy under lock and key.

Words starting with 拷

• 拷贝kǎo bèicopy; to copy (loanword)
• 拷问kǎo wènto question via torture
• 拷打kǎo dǎto beat a prisoner (to obtain confessions); to give sb the third degree; to torture
• 拷掠kǎo lüèto torture
• 拷花kǎo huāto emboss

Words containing 拷

• 严刑拷打yán xíng kǎo dǎtorture; interrogation by torture

Characters built on 考

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

• 烤kǎoto roast; to grill; to broil; to bake; to toast (bread); to warm oneself by a fire
• 铐kàoshackles; fetters; manacle
• 栲kǎochinquapin (Castanopsis fargesii and other spp.), genus of evergreen trees

Characters that look like 拷

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

• 持chíto hold; to grasp; to support
• 继jìto continue; to follow after; to go on with
• 待dàito wait; to treat; to deal with
• 烤kǎoto roast; to grill; to broil; to bake; to toast (bread); to warm oneself by a fire
• 爬páto crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up
• 挣zhèngto struggle to get free; to strive to acquire; to make (money)

Sounds the same

Read kǎo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 考to beat; to hit; variant of 考
• 烤to roast; to grill; to broil; to bake; to toast (bread); to warm oneself by a fire
• 栲chinquapin (Castanopsis fargesii and other spp.), genus of evergreen trees
• 丂"breath" or "sigh" component in Chinese characters
• 熇dry
• 薧dried food