HSK 5 HSK C4/W3/V4
Correct

抄

/ chāo / 
Strokes

Definition

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

Example

As a Verb

copy; transcribe; duplicate

1
Wǒ
我
bǎ
把
zhè
这
piān
篇
duǎnwén
短文
chāo
抄
le
了
liǎng
两
biàn
遍
  
。

I made two copies of this passage.

2
Chāo
抄
yuánwén
原文

transcribe the original text; make a transcription of the original

3
Chāo
抄
shū
书

copy (from) a book

4
Chāo
抄
diànbiǎo
电表

check/read electricity meter

5
Chāo
抄
bǐjì
笔记
  
/
gǎozi
稿子
  
/
wénjiàn
文件

copy/transcribe notes/drafts/documents; make a copy of the notes/drafts/documents

As a Verb

lift; plagiarize; copy (sth from); pirate

6
Tā
他
zhè
这
piān
篇
wénzhāng
文章
kěndìng
肯定
shì
是
cóng
从
yī
一
běn
本
shū
书
shàng
上
chāo
抄
lái
来
de
的
  
,
wǒ
我
yǐqián
以前
zài
在
nǎr  
哪儿
jiàn
见
guò
过
  
。

His article must have been taken from a book; I have seen it somewhere before.

7
Chāo
抄
tārén
他人
guāndiǎn
观点

plagiarize/lift/copy other people's ideas

8
Chāo
抄
biéren
别人
de
的
dáàn
答案

copy others'answers; crib answers off/from others