Chinese word

盗版

Pronunciation

Pinyindào bǎn

Meaning

  • nounpirated copy

Example

不要下载盗版电影。bú yào xià zài dào bǎn diàn yǐng

Do not download pirated movies.

Illustration for 盗版 (pirated copy)

More examples

公司被指控销售盗版书籍。gōng sī bèi zhǐ kòng xiāo shòu dào bǎn shū jí

The company was accused of selling pirated books.

Core concept

An original work is copied and passed around outside the creator's permission.

Common phrases

  • 购买盗版产品gòu mǎi dào bǎn chán pǐn

    purchase pirated products

  • 打击盗版行为dǎ jī dào bǎn xíng wéi

    crack down on piracy

  • 盗版书籍dào bǎn shū jí

    pirated books

Similar words

假货jiǎ huò: A product falsely made to seem like the real thing.
山寨shān zhài: A cheap imitation modeled on a well-known brand or fashionable product.
翻版fān bǎn: A work reproduced or printed again without official permission.

Definition in Chinese

指未经版权所有者允许，通过复制、翻录或翻印等方式制作并提供的盗用原作内容的非法版本。zhǐ wèi jīng bǎn quán suó yóu zhě yún xǔ tōng guò fù zhì fān lù huò fān yìn děng fāng shì zhì zuò bìng tí gōng de dào yòng yuán zuò nèi róng de fēi fǎ bán běn

Word origin

盗 (dào, "steal") + 版 (bǎn, "printing block or edition") presents an edition as stolen, a compact image for an unauthorized reproduction.

Usage tips

  • When downloading, copying, selling, or distributing media is discussed, this word can identify the material involved while the surrounding verb shows the particular action.

Other meanings

  • piracynoun

Opposites

Related words

  • 盗版书籍dào bǎn shū jípirated booksnoun
  • 盗版行为dào bǎn xíng wéipiracynoun

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