贼

Thief in Chinese: 贼 (zéi)

zéi

thief

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 賊1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1thief
  2. 2traitor
  3. 3wily
  4. 4deceitful
  5. 5evil
  6. 6extremely

Stroke order

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贼

Zhuyin

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ㄗㄟˊ

zéi

ㄗ/ zㄟ/ eiˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

贼

Simplified

賊

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 昨晚有贼进了他家偷东西。

    zuó wǎn yǒu zéi jìn le tā jiā tōu dōng xī。

    Last night a thief broke into his house to steal things.

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Related words

增收

zēng shōu

to increase revenue

增添

zēng tiān

to add

扎根

zhā gēn

to take root

渣子

zhā zi

dregs

闸

zhá

old variant of 闸

眨眼

zhǎ yǎn

to blink

诈骗

zhà piàn

to defraud

榨

zhà

variant of 榨

债务

zhài wù

debt

沾

zhān

to moisten

沾光

zhān guāng

to bask in the light

粘

zhān

to glue

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