抄牌

Chinese

		to copy; to plagiarize; to search and seize to copy; to plagiarize; to search and seize; to go; to transcribe; to take a shortcut; to search and confiscate	cards; game pieces; signboard cards; game pieces; signboard; plate; tablet
trad. (抄牌)		抄	牌
simp. #(抄牌)		抄	牌
Literally: “to copy down one's licence”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chāopái

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄠ ㄆㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caau¹ paai⁴ / caau¹ paai^4-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chāopái
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄠ ㄆㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chaopái
    • Wade–Giles: chʻao¹-pʻai²
    • Yale: chāu-pái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaupair
    • Palladius: чаопай (čaopaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caau¹ paai⁴ / caau¹ paai^4-2
    • Yale: chāau pàaih / chāau páai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaau¹ paai⁴ / tsaau¹ paai^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: cao¹ pai⁴ / cao¹ pai^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːu̯⁵⁵ pʰaːi̯²¹/, /t͡sʰaːu̯⁵⁵ pʰaːi̯²¹⁻³⁵/

Verb

抄⫽牌 (verb-object)

1. to give a ticket for breaking driving laws
2. (Cantonese, slang) to ask a stranger for his or her phone number