抄
chāo HSK4

copy, grab

抄 chāo
copy verb
to transcribe, make a copy, or plagiarize

他把老师写的板书抄在了笔记本上。

tā bǎ lǎo​shī xiě de bǎn​shū chāo zài le bǐ​jì​běn shàng.

He copied the teacher's board notes into his notebook.

shortcut verb
to take a shortcut or make a flanking/turning move

为了赶时间，我们决定抄小路走。

wèi​le gǎn shí​jiān, wǒ​men jué​dìng chāo xiǎo​lù zǒu.

To save time, we decided to take a shortcut.

fold arms verb
to fold one's arms (often across the chest or in sleeves)

他抄着手，冷冷地看着热闹。

tā chāo zhe shǒu, lěng​lěng de kàn zhe rè​nao.

He stood with his arms folded, watching the scene coldly.

grab verb
to grab, pick up, or go off with something

他抄起一件外套就跑了出去。

tā chāo qǐ yī jiàn wài​tào jiù pǎo le chū​qù.

He grabbed a coat and ran out.

raid verb
to search and seize property or to raid a home

警察抄了他的家，查获了大量违禁物品。

jǐng​chá chāo le tā de jiā, chá​huò le dà​liàng wéi​jìn wù​pǐn.

The police raided his home and seized a large amount of contraband.

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,213th most common 28.1 per million
Movie subtitles
2,487th most common 8.80 per million appears in 5% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
6.98 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
14.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+6284

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)