贼 / 賊
zéi
Meaning
- thief · robber
- traitor · subversive
- evil · wicked
- sly · shifty · devious
- extremely · insanely · damn (common in NE China and Taiwan)
- to harm · to injure
Example sentences
你觉得我是个贼吗?
你覺得我是個賊嗎?
nǐ jué de wǒ shì gè zéi ma?
Do you think I'm a thief?
有可乘之机才会有贼。
有可乘之機纔會有賊。
yǒu kě chéng zhī jī cái huì yǒu zéi。
Thieves only appear when there is an opportunity to take advantage of them.
警察拘捕了这个窃贼。
警察拘捕了這個竊賊。
jǐng chá jū bǔ le zhè ge qiè zéi。
The police arrested the thief.