抄

chāo
HSK 5
#2,208 most
frequent character
to copy, to plagiarize
verb

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

抄 chāo joins 扌, a hand, with 少 shǎo, which echoes the rhyme. The hand fits the first sense, 'to rob, pillage.' Later the sense shifted through 'to seize' and 'to grab' to 'to copy' or 'transcribe.'

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Example Sentences

我需要抄这篇文章的要点。
wǒ xūyào chāo zhèpiānwénzhāng de yàodiǎn 。
I need to copy the main points of this article.
他抄袭了我的作业。
tā chāoxí le wǒde zuòyè 。
He plagiarized my homework.
请你抄下这个电话号码。
qǐng nǐ chāoxià zhègè diànhuà hàomǎ 。
Please write down this phone number.

Words with similar meanings

复制fùzhì
to duplicate
This term is more formal and is often used in a technical context.
抄写chāoxiě
to transcribe
This term specifically refers to the act of writing something down, usually by hand.

Homophones

超chāo
exceed, surpass, overtake, go beyond

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Vocabulary commonly seen in HSK5 practice, bridging mid-high level usage.