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窃贼 meaning in English

qièzéi

thief

Traditional 竊賊19 strokes

Meaning of 窃贼

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qièzéi
  1. thief

窃贼 in example sentences

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

窃qiè贼zéi是shì从cóng这zhè扇shàn门mén进jìn到dào屋wū子zi里lǐ的de。
The burglar gained access to the house through this door.
警jǐng察chá认rèn为wéi窃qiè贼zéi从cóng地dì下xià室shì窗chuāng口kǒu进jìn入rù。
The police think the burglar entered through a basement window.
警jǐng察chá逮dài捕bǔ了le窃qiè贼zéi。
The policemen arrested the burglar.
警jǐng官guān逮dài捕bǔ了le窃qiè贼zéi。
The police officer arrested the burglar.
一yí个gè窃qiè贼zéi闯chuǎng进jìn了le他tā的de房fáng子zi。
A burglar broke into his house.

Stroke order for each character

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窃 qiè · to steal · 9 strokes

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贼 zéi · thief · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 窃贼.

盗窃dàoqièto steal
窃取qièqǔto steal (usu. private information, intellectual property etc)
偷窃tōuqièto steal; to pilfer
窃听qiètīngto eavesdrop; to wiretap
窃听器qiètīngqìtapping device; bug
盗贼dàozéirobber
海贼hǎizéipirate
乌贼wūzéicuttlefish
失窃shīqièto lose by theft; to have one's property stolen
行窃xíngqièto steal; to commit a robbery
窃窃私语qièqièsīyǔ(idiom) to whisper; to speak in whispers
卖国贼màiguózéitraitor

Questions about 窃贼

What does 窃贼 mean?

窃贼 (qièzéi) means "thief".

How do you write 窃贼?

窃贼 is made of 2 characters: 窃 (9 strokes), 贼 (10 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.

How is 窃贼 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 窃贼 is written 竊賊.