盜 (dou6 | dao4) : steal; thief

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盜

dou6

dao4

[v] steal; rob; burgle
[n] thief; robber; burglar

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 皿 (#108)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

盜 / 盗

This word has been viewed 6622 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:46

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俠盜 hap6 dou6 xia2 dao4 = chivalrous bandit

盜版 dou6 baan2 dao4 ban3 = n. pirated edition

強盜 koeng4 dou6 qiang2 dao4 = bandit; robber

盜竊 dou6 sit3 dao4 qie4 = to steal; theft

盜用 dou6 jung6 dao4 yong4 = embezzle

防盜 fong4 dou6 fang2 dao4 = anti-burglary

夜盜蟲 je6 dou6 cung4 ye4 dao4 chong2 = a cutworm

海盜 hoi2 dou6 hai3 dao4 = sea pirate

盜用他人電腦戶口 dou6 jung6 taa1 jan4 din6 nou5 wu6 hau2 dao4 yong4 ta1 ren2 dian4 nao3 hu4 kou3 = misusing computer users' accounts 國

盜取 dou6 ceoi2 dao4 qu3 = ransack; to steal; misappropriate
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Showing 1 example containing 盜

喺店舖拎走貨品冇畀錢, 是為之店舖盜竊。粵
Taking away merchandise from a store without making payment is defined as shoplifting.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 盜
Unicode code for this character: U+76dc (off-site link)

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