贼

賊

zéi

HSK 7freq #3807

Meanings

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zéi

1.thief; robber
2.(bound form) traitor; subversive
3.(bound form) evil; wicked
4.sly; shifty; devious
5.(literary) to harm; to injure
6.(coll.) extremely; insanely; damn (common in NE China and Taiwan)

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Stroke order

Components

贼贝戎

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Example sentences

原来Tom是贼来的。
Tom turned out to be a thief.

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Related words

贼眼 shifty gaze 马贼 horse thief 贼秃 (derog.) Buddhist monk 积贼 confirmed thief 鸡贼 (dialect) stingy 逆贼 renegade 盗贼 robber 工贼 strikebreaker; scab; traitor to the working class 作贼 to be a thief 篡贼 usurper 窃贼 thief 贼亮 bright