抄

chāo

copy, confiscate, seize

How to write 抄, stroke by stroke

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

Pictophonetic: semantic 扌 (hand), phonetic 少

Made of 扌 + 少

包抄bāo chāoto outflank; to envelop
抄袭chāo xíto plagiarize; to copy; to attack the flank or rear of an enemy
抄近路chāo jìn lùto take a shortcut
抄本chāo běnhandwritten copy
抄写chāo xiěto copy; to transcribe
做小抄zuò xiǎo chāoto prepare a crib sheet; to crib; to cheat by copying
传抄chuán chāoto copy (a text) from person to person; (of a text) to be transmitted by copying
兜抄dōu chāoto close in from the rear and flanks; to surround and attack; to mop up (remnant enemy troops)
小抄xiǎo chāocheat sheet; crib sheet
手抄本shǒu chāo běnmanuscript copy of a book (before the printing press)
抄件chāo jiànduplicate (copy)
抄家chāo jiāto search a house and confiscate possessions

在考试的时候，汤姆作弊抄了玛丽的答案。
zài kǎo shì de shí hòu ， tāng mǔ zuò bì chāo le mǎ lì de dá àn 。
During the exam, Tom cheated off Mary.