抄

• 拼音: chāo
• 汉字拆解: 抄 = 扌(hand) + 少 (few, phonetic component) — a hand action of copying

含义

To copy; to transcribe. The act of writing down something by hand from another source.

Can mean either legitimately copying text by hand (like taking notes or transcribing) or dishonestly copying others' work (cheating or plagiarizing). Context determines the connotation. Also used in the expression 抄近路 (take a shortcut).

例句

1. 老师让我们把黑板上的笔记抄下来。
2. 考试的时候千万不能抄别人的答案。
3. 她把那首诗抄在了笔记本上。

用法指南

语境: education, everyday

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 请把这段话抄一遍。(Please copy this passage once.)
• 他上课总是认真抄笔记。(He always carefully copies down notes in class.)

错误说法

• 你帮我抄一下这个文件 (For making photocopies, use 复印, not 抄 — 抄 means handwritten copying)

起源与历史

抄 = 扌(hand radical) + 少 (few, phonetic). The hand radical indicates a manual action — copying by hand.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal