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賊

Simplified: 贼

On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C1.

zéi ㄗㄟˊ

    • thief robber
    • traitor subversive

      bound form

    • evil wicked

      bound form

    • sly shifty devious
    • to harm to injure

      literary

    • extremely insanely damn (common in NE China and Taiwan)

      coll.

Other words read zéi

In the same tone

  • 鰂 zéi cuttlefish

Near homophones of zei

  • 這 zhèi this

How 賊 is written

    部首 radical
    貝
    笔画 strokes
    13, with 6 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    貝戎
    形旁 meaning
    戎
    声旁 sound
    貝

    Words with 賊

    Starting with 賊

    • 賊心 zéixīn evil intentions
    • 賊船 zéichuán pirate ship
    • 賊亮 zéiliàng bright
    • 賊喊捉賊 zéihǎnzhuōzéi lit. a thief crying "Stop the thief!"
    • 賊眼 zéiyǎn shifty gaze

    All 10 words starting with 賊

    Ending with 賊

    All 32 words ending with 賊

    Containing 賊

    • 認賊作父 rènzéizuòfù fig. a complete betrayal
    • 亂臣賊子 luànchénzéizǐ rebels and traitors
    • 做賊心虛 zuòzéixīnxū feel guilty as a thief
    • 擒賊擒王 qínzéiqínwáng defeat the enemy by capturing their leader
    • 漢賊不兩立 hànzéibùliǎnglì lit. Shu Han 蜀汉 shǔhàn and Cao Wei 曹魏 cáowèi cannot coexist

    All 16 words containing 賊

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