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抄
Mandarin · pinyin chāo
Meanings
- 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
Characters in this entry
- 抄
- chāo · copy, confiscate, seize
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Mandarin tones
1 · chao1
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 12 senses · 2 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
caau1 · caau3
Cantonese word readings for 抄. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- to attack; to raid; to plunder
- to seize; to confiscate
- to take a shortcut
- to fold one's arms
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 焯 (“(cooking) to briefly blanch in boiling water”)
- to copy (by hand)
- to transcribe
- to plagiarize; to copy
- (colloquial) to grab
- (Hokkien) to seek; to look for
- (Northern Wu) spoon
- (Northern Wu) to scoop with a spoon
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