HSK 5 · Verbs

抄 chāo “to copy (by hand)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 抄 means

  1. to copy (by hand)
  2. to plagiarise
  3. to make a copy
  4. to search and seize
  5. to raid
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to grab
  • to go off with

How to say 抄

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale抄chāo1st tone, high and level

抄 in a sentence

  1. 在考试的时候，汤姆作弊抄了玛丽的答案。

    Zài kǎoshì de shíhou, Tāngmǔ zuòbì chāo le Mǎlì de dá'àn.

    During the exam, Tom cheated by copying Mary’s answers.

    Sentence #5091515 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 抄 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 抄 (chāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
抄chāoto make a copy
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 少few · shǎoSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 少 (shǎo) hints at the sound. Compare it with chāo.

How to write 抄

抄 7 strokes

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抄 (chāo) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 抄 (chāo). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 抄

More words: Common Verbs

插chā · to insert拆chāi · to tear open产生chǎnshēng · to produce吵chǎo · to quarrel趁chèn · to take advantage of (a time or chance)成立chénglì · to establish成长chéngzhǎng · to grow up承担chéngdān · to take on (responsibility)

FAQs

抄 (chāo) means “to copy (by hand)” or “to plagiarise”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it chāo: chāo with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 抄 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 抄 from the suggestions. Typing chao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
抄 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.