盜版

See also: 盗版

Chinese

		steal; rob; plunder steal; rob; plunder; a thief; bandit; robber	a register; a block of printing; an edition a register; a block of printing; an edition; version; page
trad. (盜版)		盜	版
simp. (盗版)		盗	版

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàobǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄅㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶ baan²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tō-pán

(Teochew, Peng'im): dao⁶ bang²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàobǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄅㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàobǎn
  - Wade–Giles: tao⁴-pan³
  - Yale: dàu-bǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawbaan
  - Palladius: даобань (daobanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ pän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dou⁶ baan²
  - Yale: douh báan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ baan²
  - Guangdong Romanization: dou⁶ ban²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² paːn³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō-pán
  - Tâi-lô: tō-pán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doixparn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /to²²⁻²¹ pan⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /to⁴¹⁻²² pan⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /to²²⁻²¹ pan⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /to³³⁻¹¹ pan⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ³³⁻²¹ pan⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dao⁶ bang²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tău páng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau³⁵⁻¹¹ paŋ⁵²/

Verb

盜版

to pirate (to make unauthorized copies of books, software, recording, or other media)
- 甚至有些圖書經過盜版途徑，竟成了傳布異端思想的有力媒介。 [MSC, trad.]
  甚至有些图书经过盗版途径，竟成了传布异端思想的有力媒介。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 李志銘 (Feb 2010) “讀書人不可承受之重：翻開臺灣那一頁書籍盜版史”, in 全國新書資訊月刊‎^[1] (in Chinese), volume 134, Taipei, pages 8–15
  Shènzhì yǒuxiē túshū jīngguò dàobǎn tújìng, jìng chéngle chuánbù yìduān sīxiǎng de yǒulì méijiè. [Pinyin]
  Some books, through piracy, eventually became effective in disseminating thoughts of dissension.
to counterfeit

Noun

盜版

pirated version; cracked version; warez

Adjective

盜版

(attributive) unauthorized; pirated; bootleg
盜版書／盗版书 ― dàobǎnshū ― bootleg edition (of a book)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “pirated version”): 正版 (zhèngbǎn, “genuine version”)