piu5 sit3剽竊剽窃
Jyutpingpiu5 sit3
Yalepíuh sit
Definition
To plagiarize; to steal and pass off someone else's work or ideas as one's own.
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How it's used
Academic and formal settings are the primary domains for this term, as it carries a much heavier moral weight than the everyday word 抄. While 抄 is often used for casual copying of homework or answers, 剽竊 implies a deliberate, deceptive theft of intellectual property. It is rarely used in casual conversation unless discussing professional ethics or legal consequences.
Examples
His report was exposed for plagiarism.
Do you know that plagiarism is a very serious matter?
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Common mistake
Learners often use this word in casual contexts where 抄 is more appropriate, such as saying a student copied a friend's homework. Using 剽竊 in that situation sounds overly dramatic or like a formal accusation of academic fraud.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
