Definition
抄 (chāo) has three distinct meanings: to copy/transcribe (also to plagiarize, but 抄袭 is the precise term for plagiarism), to raid/search and seize (as in a police raid, not 袭击 'attack'), and to take a shortcut.
verb
to copyto transcribeto plagiarizeto search and seizeto raidto take a shortcut
Easily confused
- 吵chǎolook-alike(verb) to quarrel; to argue
- 超chāosound-aliketo exceed, surpass (a limit, standard, or amount)
- 妙miàolook-alikeclever; wonderful; ingenious
- 朝cháosound-alike(verb) to face (a direction); to make a pilgrimage to
- 纱shālook-alikecotton yarn
- 炒chǎosound-aliketo stir-fry; to sauté
- 秒miǎolook-alike(classifier) second (unit of time)
- 潮cháosound-alike(noun) tide
- 省shěnglook-alike(noun) province
Examples
- 抄。Tā chāo le yì piān kèwén.He copied a text.
- 抄。Jǐngchá chāo le tā de jiā.The police raided his home.
- 抄。Wǒmen chāo jìnlù zǒu ba.Let's take the shortcut.
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