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Jyutping caa4 caau1
Pinyin chá chāo

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to take inventory of and confiscate a criminal's possessions
  2. to search and confiscate (forbidden items)
  3. to raid
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to make an inventory of a criminal's possessions and confiscate them
    (syn.) 抄查