盗 meaning in English

dào

to steal; to rob

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 盜11 strokes

Meaning of 盗

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dào
  1. to steal
  2. to rob
  3. to plunder
  4. thief
  5. bandit
  6. robber

盗 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

Tom穿chuān得de像xiàng个gè海hǎi盗dào。
Tom was dressed like a pirate.
海hǎi盗dào们men上shàng了le船chuán。
The pirates boarded the ship.
很hěn多duō书shū被bèi盗dào了le。
Many books have been stolen.
贝bèi蒂dì有yǒu盗dào窃qiè前qián科kē。
Betty has a previous conviction for theft.
黑hēi胡hú子zi是shì最zuì有yǒu名míng的de海hǎi盗dào之zhī一yī。
Blackbeard is one of the most famous pirates.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

盗 dào · to steal · 11 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 盗.

强盗qiángdàoto rob (with force); bandit
盗版dàobǎnpirated; illegal
海盗hǎidàopirate
盗窃dàoqièto steal
防盗fángdàoto guard against theft; anti-theft
防盗门fángdàoménsecurity door
盗贼dàozéirobber
大盗dàdàothief; bandit (esp. one who has gained notoriety)
偷盗tōudàoto steal
盗用dàoyòngto use illegitimately; to misappropriate; to embezzle
盗取dàoqǔto steal (including identity theft, credit card fraud or theft of computer account); to mi

Questions about 盗

What does 盗 mean?

盗 (dào) means "to steal; to rob" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 盗?

盗 is made of 1 character: 盗 (11 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.

Is 盗 an HSK word?

Yes. 盗 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 盗 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 盗 is written 盜.