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Hanzi

抄

to make a copy/to plagiarize/to search and seize/to raid/to grab/to go off with/to take a shortcut/to make a turning move/to fold one's arms

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 4

Pinyin

chāo, suō, chào, chǎo

Bopomofo

ㄔㄠ, ㄙㄨㄛ, ㄔㄠˋ, ㄔㄠˇ

Jyutping

caau1

Example sentences

抄襲 / 抄袭 chāoxí
抄襲別人的作品是不對的。
抄袭别人的作品是不对的。

Plagiarizing other people's work is wrong.

無恥 / 无耻 wúchǐ
他明明抄襲了別人的作品，卻還無恥地要求對方道歉。
他明明抄袭了别人的作品，却还无耻地要求对方道歉。

He had clearly plagiarized someone else’s work, yet he shamelessly demanded an apology from the other person.

抄 chāo
我們抄近路去學校吧。
我们抄近路去学校吧。

Let's take a shortcut to school.

詩句 / 诗句 shījù
他把最喜歡的詩句抄在筆記本裡。
他把最喜欢的诗句抄在笔记本里。

He copied his favorite line of poetry into his notebook.

抄寫 / 抄写 chāoxiě
他正在抄寫老師佈置的作業。
他正在抄写老师布置的作业。

He is copying the homework assigned by the teacher.

Example Vocabulary

抄襲

chao1'xi2

to plagiarize; plagiarism

小抄

xiao3'chao1

抄

chao1

to copy; to take a shortcut; to raid; to seize

抄家

chao1'jia1

抄寫

chao1'xie3

to transcribe; to copy out

抄手

chao1'shou3

包抄

bao1'chao1

抄本

chao1'ben3

抄錄

chao1'lu4

查抄

cha2'chao1

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