抄

chāo

verb HSK 4 #6,810

Meanings

Contains the hand radical 扌, as copying is done by hand.

Bú yào chāo biérén de zuòyè.

Do not copy other people's homework.

Tā kǎoshì de shíhou chāo dá'àn le.

He copied answers during the exam.

Qǐng bǎ zhè duàn huà chāo xiàlái.

Please copy down this passage.

usage

抄 usually has a negative connotation (plagiarizing). For legitimate copying, 抄写 or 复制 (fùzhì) are more neutral.

usage

抄近路 (chāo jìnlù) means to take a shortcut — a different meaning entirely!

抄 chāo