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 10693 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
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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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