竊
qiè
secretly, stealthily; steal; thief
- Strokes
- 22
- Radical
- 穴
- HSK
- —
- Tone
- 4
Simplified form: 窃
Stroke order
Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 窃, the simplified form of 竊. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.
Example sentences
我们走开的时候，房子被盗窃了。
Wǒ men zǒu kāi de shí hou fáng zi bèi dào qiè le
Our house was robbed while we were away.
警察起诉他盗窃。
Jǐng chá qǐ sù tā dào qiè
The police accused him of theft.
男孩们窃窃私语，我知道他们准备做些什么。
Nán hái men qiè qiè sī yǔ wǒ zhī dào tā men zhǔn bèi zuò xiē shén me
The boys were whispering; I knew they were up to something.
饥饿促使他偷窃。
Jī è cù shǐ tā tōu qiè
Hunger urged him to steal.
Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.