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chāo

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chāo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chāo | chao1
English translation
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
copy, plagiarism; to confiscate, to seize

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About chāo

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

chāo

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of chāo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌少

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

shǎo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and shǎo represents the sound.

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Example sentences using chāo

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zhè chāo dào de 笔记本 bǐjìběn shǎng .

Copy this page in your notebook.

de 文章 wénzhāng Zhōng yǒu 部分 bùfen shì Cóng běn 有名 yǒumíng de 杂志 zázhì Zhōng 整个 zhěnggè 抄袭 chāo xí lái de .

Parts of your article have been lifted bodily from a well - known magazine.

qǐng 黑板 hēibǎn shǎng de dōu chāo xià lái .

Please copy down all the words on the blackboard.

这个 zhè ge lǎo 图书馆 túshūguǎn yuán 一些 yī xiē 古书 gǔ shū jiù chāo 稿 gǎo 加上 jiā shàng 各种 gè zhǒng 装饰 zhuāngshì .

The old librarian illuminated some old books and manuscripts.

de 作业 zuòyè shì Cóng 保尔 Bǎo ěr 那里 nà li 抄袭 chāo xí lái de ,因为 yīnwèi liǎ Cuò 完全 wánquán 一样 yīyàng .

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Words with chāo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
chāo to raid chāo
抄袭 chāo xí to copy抄襲
包抄 bāo chāo to outflank包抄 bāo chāo
抄写 chāo xiě to copy抄寫
抄本 chāo běn handwritten copy抄本 chāo běn
抄录 chāo lù to make a copy of抄錄
照抄 zhào chāo to copy word for word照抄 zhào chāo
抄送 chāo sòng Cc (for email)抄送 chāo sòng
查抄 chá chāo to raid查抄 chá chāo
抄家 chāo jiā to search a house and confiscate possessions抄家 chāo jiā
摘抄 zhāi chāo to extract摘抄 zhāi chāo
小抄 xiǎo chāo cheat sheet小抄 xiǎo chāo
抄手 chāo shǒu copyist抄手 chāo shǒu
抄件 chāo jiàn duplicate (copy)抄件 chāo jiàn
抄近路 chāo jìn lù to take a shortcut抄近路 chāo jìn lù
手抄本 shǒu chāo běn manuscript copy of a book (before the printing press)手抄本 shǒu chāo běn
传抄 chuán chāo to copy (a text) from person to person傳抄
满门抄斩 mǎn mén chāo zhǎn to execute the whole family unto the third generation滿門抄斬
抄小路 chāo xiǎo lù to take the back roads抄小路 chāo xiǎo lù
文抄公 wén chāo gōng plagiarist文抄公 wén chāo gōng
抄查 chāo chá to search and confiscate抄查 chāo chá
抄后路 chāo hòu lù to outflank and attack from the rear抄後路
抄身 chāo shēn to frisk抄身 chāo shēn
抄获 chāo huò to search and seize抄獲
抄道 chāo dào to take a shortcut抄道 chāo dào

chāo Decomposition & Compounds

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chāo Decomposition

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chāo Compounds

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