间谍
jiàndié
spy; secret agent
Characters in this word
谍 dié
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 枼 table
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 冷战时期，那个被捕的间谍长期潜伏在外交机构内部，负责传递机密文件。 Lěngzhàn shíqī, nà ge bèibǔ de jiàndié chángqī qiánfú zài wàijiāo jīgòu nèibù, fùzé chuándì jīmì wénjiàn. During the Cold War, the captured spy had long been embedded inside a diplomatic institution and was responsible for passing on confidential documents.
- 这部老电影讲的是一个间谍的故事。 Zhè bù lǎo diànyǐng jiǎng de shì yí ge jiàndié de gùshi. This old film tells the story of a spy.
- 他小时候最爱看间谍小说。 Tā xiǎoshíhou zuì ài kàn jiàndié xiǎoshuō. As a child he loved reading spy novels most of all.
Related words
- 房间 fángjiān room
- 间 jiān room; between (also a measure word for rooms)
- 时间 shíjiān time
- 洗手间 xǐshǒujiān restroom, toilet
- 中间 zhōngjiān middle; between, among
- 民间 mínjiān folk
- 卫生间 wèishēngjiān bathroom; toilet
- 空间 kōngjiān space
- 期间 qījiān during
- 之间 zhījiān between
- 间接 jiànjiē indirect
- 人间 rénjiān the human world