贼

Traditional (Taiwan): 賊

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

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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.

Classifiers (measure words)

thief

Usually

一个贼 gè one thief
一伙贼 huǒ one gang of thieves
一窝贼 wō one den of thieves

Less often

贼万余众 zhòng over ten thousand bandits

traitor

贼万余众 zhòng over ten thousand bandits

Other words read zéi

In the same tone

鲗 zéi cuttlefish

Near homophones of zei

这 zhèi this

How 贼 is written

部首 radical: 贝
笔画 strokes: 10, with 6 after the 部首
结构 structure: 左右结构
偏旁 parts: 贝戎
形旁 meaning: 戎
声旁 sound: 贝

Words with 贼

Starting with 贼

贼心 zéixīn evil intentions
贼船 zéichuán pirate ship
贼亮 zéiliàng bright
贼喊捉贼 zéihǎnzhuōzéi lit. a thief crying "Stop the thief!"
贼头贼脑 zéitóuzéinǎo furtive

All 10 words starting with 贼

Ending with 贼

卖国贼 màiguózéi traitor
奸贼 jiānzéi traitor
国贼 guózéi traitor to the nation
盗贼 dàozéi robber
反贼 fǎnzéi rebel

All 32 words ending with 贼

Containing 贼

认贼作父 rènzéizuòfù fig. a complete betrayal
乱臣贼子 luànchénzéizǐ rebels and traitors
做贼心虚 zuòzéixīnxū feel guilty as a thief
擒贼擒王 qínzéiqínwáng defeat the enemy by capturing their leader
汉贼不两立 hànzéibùliǎnglì lit. Shu Han 蜀汉 shǔhàn and Cao Wei 曹魏 cáowèi cannot coexist

All 16 words containing 贼

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Sources

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