Usage of the character 抄

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

chāoběn

抄本

[抄本]

handwritten copy

chāowǎng

抄网

[抄網]

dip net

chāojìn

抄近

[抄近]

to take a shortcut

chāohuò

抄获

[抄獲]

to search and seize

xiǎochāo

小抄

[小抄]

cheat sheet
crib sheet

chāolù

抄录

[抄錄]

to make a copy of

zhāichāo

摘抄

[摘抄]

to extract
to excerpt

chāosòng

抄送

[抄送]

to make a copy (and send it to someone)
Cc (for email)
Carbon Copy (for email)

zhàochāo

照抄

[照抄]

to copy word for word

cháchāo

查抄

[查抄]

to take inventory of and confiscate a criminal's possessions
to search and confiscate (forbidden items); to raid

chāodào

抄道

[抄道]

to take a shortcut

chāochá

抄查

[抄查]

to search and confiscate

chāoxí

抄袭

[抄襲]

to plagiarize
to copy
to attack the flank or rear of an enemy

chāojiàn

抄件

[抄件]

duplicate (copy)

chuánchāo

传抄

[傳抄]

to copy (a text) from person to person
(of a text) to be transmitted by copying

chāoshǒu

抄手

[抄手]

to fold one's arms
copyist
(dialect) wonton

chāoshēn

抄身

[抄身]

to search (a person)
to frisk

chāoxiě

抄写

[抄寫]

to copy
to transcribe

chāodǐ

抄底

[抄底]

(finance) to snap up undervalued stocks
bargain-hunting; bottom-fishing

chāojiā

抄家

[抄家]

to search a house and confiscate possessions

bāochāo

包抄

[包抄]

to outflank
to envelop

dōuchāo

兜抄

[兜抄]

to close in from the rear and flanks; to surround and attack; to mop up (remnant enemy troops)

chāobǎzi

抄靶子

[抄靶子]

(dialect) to do a body search
to frisk

wénchāogōng

文抄公

[文抄公]

plagiarist

shǒuchāoběn

手抄本

[手抄本]

manuscript copy of a book (before the printing press)

zuòxiǎochāo

做小抄

[做小抄]

to prepare a crib sheet
to crib
to cheat by copying

chāohòulù

抄后路

[抄後路]

to outflank and attack from the rear

chāojìnlù

抄近路

[抄近路]

to take a shortcut

chāojīngshì

抄经士

[抄經士]

copyist
scribe

chāoxiǎolù

抄小路

[抄小路]

to take the back roads; to take the side streets; to take the small paths

chāojìnr

抄近儿

[抄近兒]

erhua variant of 抄近 (chāojìn)

xiǎochāor

小抄儿

[小抄兒]

erhua variant of 小抄 (xiǎochāo)

mǎnménchāozhǎn

满门抄斩

[滿門抄斬]

to execute the whole family and confiscate their property

yīyánchāobǎizǒng

一言抄百总

[一言抄百總]

to cut a long story short