盗窃 meaning in English

dàoqiè

to steal

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 盜竊20 strokes

Meaning of 盗窃

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dàoqiè

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

汤tāng姆mǔ指zhǐ认rèn了le盗dào窃qiè的de职zhí员yuán。

Tom accused the employee of stealing.

我wǒ们men走zǒu开kāi的de时shí候hòu，房fáng子zi被bèi盗dào窃qiè了le。

Our house was robbed while we were away.

警jǐng察chá起qǐ诉sù他tā盗dào窃qiè。

The police accused him of theft.

贝bèi蒂dì有yǒu盗dào窃qiè前qián科kē。

Betty has a previous conviction for theft.

一yí个gè入rù室shì盗dào窃qiè者zhě趁chèn我wǒ去qù旅lǚ游yóu的de时shí候hòu闯chuǎng入rù了le我wǒ家jiā。

A burglar broke into my house while I was away on a trip.

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Words that share a character with 盗窃.

强盗	qiángdào	to rob (with force); bandit
盗版	dàobǎn	pirated; illegal
海盗	hǎidào	pirate
窃取	qièqǔ	to steal (usu. private information, intellectual property etc)
防盗	fángdào	to guard against theft; anti-theft
防盗门	fángdàomén	security door
偷窃	tōuqiè	to steal; to pilfer
窃听	qiètīng	to eavesdrop; to wiretap
窃听器	qiètīngqì	tapping device; bug
盗贼	dàozéi	robber
窃贼	qièzéi	thief
大盗	dàdào	thief; bandit (esp. one who has gained notoriety)

What does 盗窃 mean?

盗窃 (dàoqiè) means "to steal" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 盗窃?

盗窃 is made of 2 characters: 盗 (11 strokes), 窃 (9 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

Is 盗窃 an HSK word?

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

How is 盗窃 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 盗窃 is written 盜竊.