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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *搬* | 搬* | *搬
to move (i.e. relocate oneself) / to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky) / to shift / to copy indiscriminately
HSK 3
a copy of a film / film; motion picture; movie / (Tw) video; video clip / CL:
HSK 2
to duplicate / to make a copy of / to copy / to reproduce / to clone
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *套* | 套* | *套
to cover / to encase / cover / sheath / to overlap / to interleave / to model after / to copy / formula / harness / loop of rope / (fig.) to fish for / to obtain slyly / classifier for sets, collections / bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names) / tau (Greek letter Ττ)
HSK 2
to imitate / to copy / to emulate / to mimic / model
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *录* | 录* | *录
diary / record / to hit / to copy
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抄* | 抄* | *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
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *底* | 底* | *底
bottom; base / background; foundation / copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record / (suffix) end of a year or month / (math.) radix; base (abbr. for 底數|底数)
HSK 4
originally / the original; original copy; original version
HSK 7-9
to copy / to transcribe
HSK 4
to copy / to imitate / to make by imitating a model
HSK 7-9
to plagiarize / to copy / to attack the flank or rear of an enemy
HSK 7-9
to make a copy (and send it to someone) / Cc (for email) / Carbon Copy (for email)
(ACG) pirated version; unauthorized copy
(biology) (loanword) to clone; a clone / (fig.) to make an identical copy of (a website etc)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *仿* | 仿* | *仿
to imitate / to copy
HSK 7-9
(newspapers etc) copy / copywriter / (office etc) paperwork / (old) secretary; clerk
to prepare a crib sheet / to crib / to cheat by copying
to copy (a model of calligraphy or painting etc)
to copy / to produce sth after a model / to counterfeit
to duplicate; to carbon copy
to apply mechanically / to copy and use
printout / hard copy
to stick / to affix / to adhere / to paste (as in "copy and paste") / Taiwan pr. [nian2 tie1] / also written 黏貼|黏贴
to apply (sth hitherto used in a different context) / to use (rules, systems, models etc copied from elsewhere) (often implying that they aren't suited to the new situation) / to borrow (a phrase) / (Tw) (computing) to apply (a style, formatting etc)
to copy word for word
handwritten copy
printed book; printed copy
to copy / to imitate
the original / original document / master copy
manuscript / original copy
a sure thing / a certainty / copy of a contract held by a creditor
wire copy / press release
copy; duplicate; transcript / (gaming) dungeon; instance; private team mission
to trace over / to copy (a calligraphy model) / facsimile / (fig.) to depict / to portray
transcription / to make a copy of a recording
copy / to copy (loanword)
(photography) snapshot / (computing) snapshot; cached copy
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拷* | 拷* | *拷
to beat / to flog / to examine under torture / (computing) to copy (abbr. for 拷貝|拷贝)
copy of DVD / pirate DVD
copy
lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom) / fig. to copy slavishly
to copy the way they walk in Handan (idiom) / slavishly copying others, one risks becoming a caricature
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *誊* | 誊* | *誊
to transcribe; to copy out
an answering voice / to answer a voice / to respond / to copy a voice / to parrot
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *摹* | 摹* | *摹
(bound form) to imitate / to copy
to copy; to imitate
to reprint / reproduction / pirate copy / (fig.) imitation / carbon copy / clone
inspection copy (of a textbook etc) / trial edition
original drawing, map or picture (as opposed to a copy or a modified version)
a text (article, script, contract etc) / version of a text (copy, translation, abridged version etc) / (computing) text
Bcc (for email) / Blind carbon copy (for email)
duplicate (copy)
manuscript copy of a book (before the printing press)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *描* | 描* | *描
to depict / to trace (a drawing) / to copy / to touch up
(old) genealogical records of sworn brothers, each keeping a copy
lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom) / fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt at originality
to copy / to transcribe
to trace over / to take a copy (of a calligraphy, a painting etc) / (fig.) to describe / to portray
to make a copy / to reproduce / to remake (a movie)
original (of a document) / reserved copy (of a library book)
handwritten copy of a book
to copy (a text) from person to person / (of a text) to be transmitted by copying
to copy-edit / copy editor
copying paper (with printed model characters and blank squares for writing practice)
to copy / to pass on a copy
stone rubbing (to copy an inscription)
to copy (a model of calligraphy or painting)
copy (of a document) / book with model calligraphy for copying
to miswrite (while copying written material); to transcribe incorrectly; to make a clerical error
to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom) / to fail utterly in trying to copy something / to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result
to keep a copy / copy kept for archiving / to put aside a portion (of a money sum)
to make a copy of
lit. paper has become expensive in Luoyang (because everyone is making a copy of a popular story) (idiom) / fig. (of a product) to sell like hotcakes
(attributive) paper; hard-copy; printed / paper quality
to copy out
to make a clean copy
to transcribe / to make a fair copy
to create an image or video by copying an existing one (e.g. taking a photo of a picture in a magazine, recording a video playing on a monitor, taking a screenshot of an online photo) / to remake (a film or TV show)


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