賊 (caak6 | zei2) : thief; burglar; evildoer; wicked

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賊

caak6

zei2

[1] [n] thief; burglar; robber
[2] [n] evildoer; traitor; enemy
[3] [adj] wicked; evil; cunning

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Stroke count: 13

Level: 1

Radical: (#154)

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

賊 / 贼

This word has been viewed 12766 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 4th Dec 2013 00:44

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擒賊 kam4 caak6 qin2 zei2 = capture a thief

做賊 zou6 caak6*2 = thieve

海賊 hoi2 caak6 hai3 zei2 = variant of 海盜

賊佬 caak6 lou2 = burglar 粵

賊仔 caak6 zai2 = a burglar, a thief 粵

賊人 caak6 jan4 zei2 ren2 = burglar

澳洲之山賊 ou3 zau1 zi1 saan1 caak6 ao4 zhou1 zhi1 shan1 zei2 = a bushranger

追賊 zeoi1 caak6 zhui1 zei2 = chasing a suspect; chasing a robber

賊公 caak6 gung1 = a robber

長毛賊 coeng4 mou4 caak6 = a hippie; troops of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom

烏賊 wu1 caak6 wu1 zei2 = cuttlefish

賊公計狀元才 caak6 gung1 gai3 zong6 jyun4 coi4 = small trick shows great talent

竊賊 sit3 caak6 qie4 zei2 = thief; burglar

搵我笨賊 wan2 ngo1 ban6 caak6 = to take me for a stupid fool; to rip me off 粵

採花賊 coi2 faa1 caak6 cai3 hua1 zei2 = rapist

淫賊 jam4 caak6 yin2 zei2 = pervert; someone who rapes and robs

盜賊 dou6 caak6 dao4 zei2 = bandit, robber

賊竇 caak6 dau3 zei2 dou4 = a robber's hideout 粵

叛賊 bun6 caak6 pan4 zei2 = traitor; renegade

賊窟 caak6 fat1 zei2 ku1 = robber's den

擒賊擒王 kam4 caak6 kam4 wong4 qin2 zei2 qin2 wang2 = defeat the enemy by capturing their chief

作賊 zok3 caak6 zuo4 zei2 = to be a theif

槍烏賊 coeng1 wu1 caak6 qiang1 wu1 zei2 = spear squid

捉賊 zuk1 caak6*2 zhuo1 zei2 = catch a thief

認賊作父 jing6 caak6 zok3 fu6 ren4 zei2 zuo4 fu4 = regard the enemy as kith and kin

戕賊 coeng4 caak6 qiang1 zei2 = injure,ruin or undermine one's health etc.

害民賊 hoi6 man4 caak6 hai4 min2 zei2 = oppressive ruler

船頭慌鬼船尾慌賊 syun4 tau4 fong1 gwai2 syun4 mei5 fong1 caak6 = easily scared; worrywart; have cold feet 粵

Showing 1 example containing 賊

班山賊奸淫擄掠無惡不作
The gang of bandits rapes and pillages, and commits all kinds of atrocities.

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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: 賊
Unicode code for this character: U+8cca (off-site link)

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