竊 (sit3 | qie4) : steal; thief

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竊

sit3

qie4

[1] steal; pilfer; pinch
[2] thief; burglar; pilferer
[3] seize illegally; usurp; plagiarize
[4] personally (used as a self-depreciatory term)
[5] secretly; stealthily; furtively

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Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 22

Level: 3

Radical: 穴 (#116)

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

竊 / 窃

This word has been viewed 10085 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 12th Jan 2010 13:32

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失竊 sat1 sit3 shi1 qie4 = stolen; to have one's property stolen

竊取 sit3 ceoi2 qie4 qu3 = to steal; to seize

竊聽 sit3 teng1 qie4 ting1 = to eavesdrop; to wiretap

盜竊 dou6 sit3 dao4 qie4 = to steal; theft

偷竊 tau1 sit3 tou1 qie4 = to steal; to pilfer; theft; pilferage

爆竊 baau3 sit3 bao4 qie4 = burglary; to steal, to burglarize 粵

竊聽器 sit3 ting1 hei3 = listening/bugging device, "bug"

竊聽電話 sit3 teng1 din6 waa6*2 = phone tapping; wiretapping

剽竊 piu5 sit3 piao1 qie4 = to pirate; to plagiarize

鼠竊狗偷 syu2 sit3 gau2 tau1 shu3 qie4 gou3 tou1 = petty theft
See all 13 compounds (CantoDict reports 14 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 2 examples containing 竊

唔怪之得廚房啲罐頭逐一逐樣噉唔見咗，原來係你鼠竊狗偷粵
No wonder the can foods in the kitchen has been disappearing one by one; so you are the one stealing them.

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: 竊
Unicode code for this character: U+7aca (off-site link)

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