kǎo

common
verb

Meaning of

拷 means to torture; to beat for information; to copy; to duplicate. Pronounced kǎo.

  • to torture; to beat for information
  • to copy; to duplicate

Character Info

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Definitions & Examples

rén
yán
xíng
kǎo
xià
dǎng
yuán
 
jiāo
chū
qíng
bào
 

The enemy tortured underground party members brutally to force them to hand over intelligence.

bèi
kǎo
le
sān
tiān
sān
 
rán
méi
yǒu
xiè
rèn
 

He was tortured for three days and nights but still did not leak any secrets.

Shěn
wèn
guān
duì
xián
fàn
jìn
xíng
le
kǎo
huò
kǒu
gòng
 

The interrogator tortured the suspect to obtain a confession.

dài
de
xíng
bāo
kuò
kǎo
 
líng
chí
děng
cán
rěn
shǒu
duàn
 

Ancient cruel punishments included torture, slow slicing and other brutal methods.

làn
yòng
zhí
quán
duì
qiú
fàn
jìn
xíng
le
kǎo
 

The jailer abused his power to torture the prisoners.