拷贝

拷貝

kǎobèi

noun #8,951

Measure Word

一份拷贝 fèn

Meanings

1 copy (loanword from English 'copy')
2 duplicate; reproduction

Characters

to beat; to copy (phonetic)

shell; precious (phonetic)

Examples

请给我一份文件的拷贝。

Qǐng gěi wǒ yī fèn wénjiàn de kǎobèi.

Please give me a copy of the document.

这部电影的拷贝已经很少了。

Zhèbù diànyǐng de kǎobèi yǐjīng hěn shǎo le.

There are very few copies of this film left.

把数据拷贝到U盘里。

Bǎ shùjù kǎobèi dào U pán lǐ.

Copy the data to a USB drive.

Tips

usage

拷贝 is a phonetic borrowing from English 'copy,' mainly used for film prints and digital files. For general copying, 复制 (fùzhì) is more common. In computing, 复制/粘贴 (copy/paste) is standard, though 拷贝 appears in tech contexts too.

Stroke Order

拷 kǎo

贝 bèi