Definition
拷 is a bound form (b.f.) that appears in two main categories of compound words: one meaning 'torture, interrogate' (拷打, 拷问) and another meaning 'copy', derived from the English loanword 拷贝 (kǎobèi, 'to copy'). As a bound form, it never stands alone — you will always see it as part of a two-character word.
b.f.
bound form meaning 'tortureinterrogate' (in 拷打, 拷问)bound form meaning 'copy' (in 拷贝)
Examples
- 。Gǔdài fànrén cháng bèi kǎo dǎ.Ancient criminals were often tortured.
- 。Jǐngfāng kǎo wèn tā hěn jiǔ.The police interrogated him for a long time.
- U。Wǒ bǎ wénjiàn kǎo bèi dào U pán lǐ.I copied the file to the USB drive.
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