贼 zéi
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 贝 — sea shell
- Made of
- 贝 sea shell 戎 arms, armaments
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
贼
zéi
thief; crafty; wicked
Character
Example phrases
- 监控录像显示，那个贼并非临时起意，而是提前踩过点。 Jiānkòng lùxiàng xiǎnshì, nà ge zéi bìngfēi línshí qǐyì, ér shì tíqián cǎi guò diǎn. The surveillance footage showed that the thief did not act on impulse, but had scouted the place in advance.
- 邻居家昨晚进了贼，丢了不少东西。 Línjū jiā zuówàn jìn le zéi, diū le bùshǎo dōngxi. Last night a thief broke into the neighbors' house and a lot of things went missing.
- 他笑得很贼，肯定又在打什么坏主意。 Tā xiào de hěn zéi, kěndìng yòu zài dǎ shénme huài zhǔyi. He has a crafty grin — he must be scheming something wicked again.
Related words
- 受骗 shòupiàn to be deceived; to be cheated
- 诈骗 zhàpiàn fraud; to swindle
- 罪犯 zuìfàn criminal; offender
- 凶手 xiōngshǒu murderer; culprit
- 揍 zòu to beat; to hit
- 袭击 xíjī to attack; attack
- 团伙 tuánhuǒ gang; criminal group; clique
- 同伙 tónghuǒ accomplice; associate in wrongdoing
- 无赖 wúlài rogue; scoundrel; shamelessly unreasonable
- 陷阱 xiànjǐng trap; pitfall
- 挟持 xiéchí to hold hostage; to coerce
- 受贿 shòuhuì to accept bribes; to take bribes