Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 稿

manuscript
draft
stalk of grain

variant of 稿 (gǎo)

rough sketch (of a painting)
(of an official) to approve a document by signing it

draft
outline
sketch

to make a draft
to draft (a document)

(of a newspaper) to stop accepting incoming articles

to review (a paper or manuscript)

manuscript
article (in newspaper)
draft

to write (an article for publication)

draft of a document
script
manuscript
mental plan
precedent

(of a publisher) to send a manuscript off to the printer
(of a journalist) to send a dispatch

to withdraw a submission; to retract a submission (to a newspaper, magazine, journal etc)

wire copy
press release

to draft (a statement)

manuscript (of a book etc)
sketch (of a design etc)

mental outline

to contribute (to a magazine etc)

piece of writing submitted for publication; manuscript; article

draft paper

first draft (of writing)

author's remuneration
CL:筆／笔 (bǐ)

manuscript of a book

verse manuscript

to edit a text for readability

fee paid to an author for a piece of writing

manuscript
script

(of a manuscript) to be completed
to do without prepared notes (when giving a speech)

manuscript
original copy

surviving manuscript
bequeathed draft (of book)

to submit articles for publication
to contribute (writing)

to modify a text so it can be plagiarized without detection (neologism c. 2014, formed by analogy with 洗錢／洗钱 (xǐqián), to launder money)

my unworthy manuscript (humble expr.)
my humble writing

to revise a manuscript

to solicit contributions (to a publication)

revised draft
new version (of a document)

reviewer (of a paper)

Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, sometimes listed as number 25 or 26 of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史 ( Ershísì Shǐ), compiled under Zhao Erxun 趙爾巽／赵尔巽 ( Zhào Erxùn) in 1927 during the Northern Warlords period, 536 scrolls

to produce a draft manuscript

printout
hard copy

author (of a manuscript)

press release

yǎnshìwéngǎo

(PPT etc) presentation