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贼 zéi

thief

Strokes
10
Level
HSK 6
Radical
贝
Traditional
賊
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 贝戎 ⿰贝戎

Memory hint: weapons

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Example sentences with 贼

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  1. 昨晚家里进贼了。
    Zuówǎn jiā li jìn zéi le.
    A thief broke into the house last night.
    last-night home in enter thief (particle)
  2. 他一看就不像好人,倒像个贼。
    Tā yí kàn jiù bú xiàng hǎorén, dào xiàng ge zéi.
    He doesn't look like a good person at first glance, more like a thief.
    he one look then not resemble good-person, instead resemble (measure) thief
  3. 你看到那个贼往哪边跑了吗?
    Nǐ kàndào nàge zéi wǎng nǎbiān pǎo le ma?
    Did you see which way that thief ran?
    you see that (measure) thief toward which-side run (particle) (question)
  4. 家里没丢东西,看来没进贼。
    Jiā li méi diū dōngxi, kànlái méi jìn zéi.
    Nothing was lost at home, it seems no thief came in.
    home in not lose thing, it-seems not enter thief
  5. 半夜,一个贼悄悄地溜进了仓库。
    Bànyè, yí ge zéi qiāoqiāo de liūjìn le cāngkù.
    At midnight, a thief quietly slipped into the warehouse.
    midnight, one (measure) thief quietly (particle) slip-in (particle) warehouse

Words with 贼 (2)