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kǎo

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kǎo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kǎo | kao3
English translation
to torture, to interrogate; to beat, to flog

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About kǎo

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

kǎo

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

To question  kǎo by hand  shǒu kǎo also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of kǎo

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

扌考

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Example sentences using kǎo

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宗教 zōngjiào 法庭 fǎ tíng duì 西面 xī miàn rén 不分 bù fēn 贫富 pín fù ,统统 tǒngtǒng 严刑 yán xíng 拷打 kǎo dǎ .

The Inquisition had tortured rich and poor alike.

不要 bù yào 使用 shǐyòng 位元 wèi yuán 影像 yǐng xiàng de 方法 fāngfǎ 磁带机 cí dài jī 备份 bèifèn 因为 yīnwèi 这样 zhè yàng huì jiāng 病毒 bìngdú 一起 yīqǐ 拷贝 kǎo bèi 下来 xià lai

Do not use a bit-image method of backup (like a tape streamer), because this will copy the virus.

1957 Nián 首次 shǒu cì 上映 shàng yìng Hòu 这部影片 yǐng piàn 现在 xiànzài yǒu le Xīn de 拷贝 kǎo bèi

First released in 1957, the movie now appears in a new print.

一双拷花 kǎo huā 皮鞋 píxié

a pair of brogues

Words with kǎo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
拷贝 kǎo bèi copy拷貝
kǎo to beat kǎo
拷问 kǎo wèn to question via torture拷問
拷打 kǎo dǎ to torture拷打 kǎo dǎ

kǎo Decomposition & Compounds

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