抄牌

chāopái

verb

Meanings

1 (of traffic police) to take down a license plate and issue a ticket
2 to be cited for a parking/traffic violation

Characters

to copy, write down

Examples

车停这儿要被抄牌的。

Chē tíng zhèr yào bèi chāopái de.

Park here and you'll get ticketed.

交警在路口抄牌。

Jiāojǐng zài lùkǒu chāopái.

Traffic police are writing tickets at the intersection.

Tips

usage

抄 ('to copy down') + 牌 (license plate): originally the literal act of a traffic cop recording your plate number. Now means 'to be ticketed' in general. Related: 贴条 (to stick a violation notice on the windshield).

Stroke Order

抄 chāo

牌 pái