抄 - chāo - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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抄

chāo

Definition

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

Character Decomposition

Related words (28)

duplicate (copy)

to copy; to transcribe

抄家

chāo jiā

to search a house and confiscate possessions

to make a copy of

to fold one's arms; copyist; (dialect) wonton

handwritten copy

to search and confiscate

dip net

to search and seize

to plagiarize; to copy; to attack the flank or rear of an enemy

抄身

chāo shēn

to search (a person); to frisk

to take a shortcut

to make a copy (and send it to someone); Cc (for email); Carbon Copy (for email)

to take a shortcut

to outflank and attack from the rear

to take a shortcut

(dialect) to do a body search; to frisk

传抄

chuán chāo

to circulate copies; to copy and pass on

兜抄

dōu chāo

to surround and attack; to corner; to envelop

包抄

bāo chāo

to outflank; to envelop

小抄

xiǎo chāo

cheat sheet; crib sheet

摘抄

zhāi chāo

to extract; to excerpt

查抄

chá chāo

to take inventory of and confiscate a criminal's possessions

照抄

zhào chāo

to copy word-for-word

做小抄

zuò xiǎo chāo

to prepare a crib sheet; to crib; to cheat by copying

plagiarist

to execute the whole family unto the third generation

一言抄百总

yī yán chāo bǎi zǒng

to cut a long story short

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