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chāo
HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 4

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Definitions

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

Words Containing 抄

抄小路
chāo xiǎo lù

to take the back roads

摘抄
zhāi chāo

to extract

抄底
chāo dǐ

(finance) to snap up undervalued stocks

手抄本
shǒu chāo běn

manuscript copy of a book (before the printing press)

抄近
chāo jìn

to take a shortcut

抄家
chāo jiā

to search a house and confiscate possessions

抄近路
chāo jìn lù

to take a shortcut

抄查
chāo chá

to search and confiscate

抄后路
chāo hòu lù

to outflank and attack from the rear

抄获
chāo huò

to search and seize

抄件
chāo jiàn

duplicate (copy)

小抄
xiǎo chāo

cheat sheet

抄靶子
chāo bǎ zi

(dialect) to do a body search

抄身
chāo shēn

to search (a person)

抄送
chāo sòng

to make a copy (and send it to someone)

抄袭
chāo xí

to plagiarize

抄经士
chāo jīng shì

copyist

抄录
chāo lù

to make a copy of

照抄
zhào chāo

to copy word for word

满门抄斩
mǎn mén chāo zhǎn

to execute the whole family and confiscate their property

查抄
chá chāo

to take inventory of and confiscate a criminal's possessions

抄手
chāo shǒu

copyist

抄道
chāo dào

to take a shortcut

抄网
chāo wǎng

dip net

一言抄百总
yī yán chāo bǎi zǒng

to cut a long story short

包抄
bāo chāo

to outflank

做小抄
zuò xiǎo chāo

to prepare a crib sheet

抄写
chāo xiě

to copy

文抄公
wén chāo gōng

plagiarist

兜抄
dōu chāo

to close in from the rear and flanks; to surround and attack; to mop up (remnant enemy troops)

传抄
chuán chāo

to copy (a text) from person to person

抄本
chāo běn

handwritten copy