| 贼 | [ zeí ] thief, traitor, wily, deceitful, evil, extremely |
| 贼亮 | [ zeí liàng ] bright, shiny, dazzling, glaring |
| 贼喊捉贼 | [ zeí hǎn zhuō zeí ] lit. a thief crying "Stop the thief!" (idiom), fig. to accuse sb of a theft and try to sneak away oneself, to cover up one's misdeeds by shifting the blame onto others |
| 贼心 | [ zeí xīn ] evil intentions |
| 贼死 | [ zeí sǐ ] completely, utterly (dialect) |
| 贼眉贼眼 | [ zeí meí zeí yǎn ] see 賊眉鼠眼|贼眉鼠眼[zei2 mei2 shu3 yan3] |
| 贼眉鼠眼 | [ zeí meí shǔ yǎn ] shifty-eyed, crafty-looking (idiom) |
| 贼眼 | [ zeí yǎn ] shifty gaze, furtive glance |
| 贼秃 | [ zeí tū ] (derog.) Buddhist monk |
| 贼窝 | [ zeí wō ] thieves' lair |
| 贼船 | [ zeí chuán ] pirate ship, fig. venture of dubious merit, criminal gang, reactionary faction |
| 贼头贼脑 | [ zeí toú zeí naǒ ] lit. to behave like a thief, furtive, underhand |
| ⇒ 上贼船 | [ shàng zeí chuán ] lit. to board a pirate ship (idiom), fig. to associate with criminals |
| ⇒ 中贼鸥 | [ zhōng zeí oū ] (bird species of China) pomarine skua (Stercorarius pomarinus) |
| ⇒ 乱臣贼子 | [ luàn chén zeí zǐ ] rebels and traitors (idiom), general term for scoundrel |
| ⇒ 作贼 | [ zuò zeí ] to be a thief |
| ⇒ 做贼心虚 | [ zuò zeí xīn xū ] to feel guilty as a thief (idiom); to have sth on one's conscience |
| ⇒ 胜者王侯败者贼 | [ shèng zhě wáng hoú baì zhě zeí ] see 勝者王侯敗者寇|胜者王侯败者寇[sheng4 zhe3 wang2 hou2 bai4 zhe3 kou4] |
| ⇒ 叛贼 | [ pàn zeí ] renegade, traitor |
| ⇒ 吸血乌贼 | [ xī xuè wū zeí ] vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) |
| ⇒ 国贼 | [ guó zeí ] traitor to the nation |
| ⇒ 奸贼 | [ jiān zeí ] a traitor, a treacherous bandit |
| ⇒ 对着和尚骂贼秃 | [ duì zhe hé shang mà zeí tū ] lit. in the presence of a monk, insult another monk, calling him a bald-headed bandit (idiom), fig. to insult indirectly, to criticize obliquely |
| ⇒ 山贼 | [ shān zeí ] brigand |
| ⇒ 惯贼 | [ guàn zeí ] habitual thief |
| ⇒ 抓贼 | [ zhuā zeí ] to catch a thief |
| ⇒ 采花贼 | [ caǐ huā zeí ] lit. flower thief, fig. rapist |
| ⇒ 擒贼擒王 | [ qín zeí qín wáng ] to defeat the enemy by capturing their chief (idiom) |
| ⇒ 枪乌贼 | [ qiāng wū zeí ] squid |
| ⇒ 民贼独夫 | [ mín zeí dú fū ] tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator |
| ⇒ 海贼 | [ haǐ zeí ] pirate |
| ⇒ 海贼版 | [ haǐ zeí bǎn ] pirate version, bootleg |
| ⇒ 海贼王 | [ haǐ zeí wáng ] One Piece (manga and anime) |
| ⇒ 汉贼不两立 | [ hàn zeí bù liǎng lì ] lit. Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] and Cao Wei 曹魏[Cao2 Wei4] cannot coexist (idiom), fig. two enemies cannot live under the same sky, (former KMT slogan against CCP) "gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist" |
| ⇒ 乌贼 | [ wū zeí ] cuttlefish |
| ⇒ 狗贼 | [ goǔ zeí ] (insult) brigand, swindler |
| ⇒ 独夫民贼 | [ dú fū mín zeí ] tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator |
| ⇒ 盗贼 | [ daò zeí ] robber |
| ⇒ 短尾贼鸥 | [ duǎn weǐ zeí oū ] (bird species of China) parasitic jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus) |
| ⇒ 积贼 | [ jī zeí ] confirmed thief |
| ⇒ 窃贼 | [ qiè zeí ] thief |
| ⇒ 篡贼 | [ cuàn zeí ] usurper |
| ⇒ 老家贼 | [ laǒ jiā zeí ] (dialect) sparrow |
| ⇒ 蟊贼 | [ maó zeí ] insect that damages cereal crop seedlings, (lit. and fig.) vermin, a person harmful to the country and the people |
| ⇒ 认贼作父 | [ rèn zeí zuò fù ] lit. to acknowledge the bandit as one's father (idiom); fig. a complete betrayal, to sell oneself to the enemy |
| ⇒ 误上贼船 | [ wù shàng zeí chuán ] lit. to mistakenly board a pirate ship, to embark on a hopeless adventure |
| ⇒ 贼喊捉贼 | [ zeí hǎn zhuō zeí ] lit. a thief crying "Stop the thief!" (idiom), fig. to accuse sb of a theft and try to sneak away oneself, to cover up one's misdeeds by shifting the blame onto others |
| ⇒ 贼眉贼眼 | [ zeí meí zeí yǎn ] see 賊眉鼠眼|贼眉鼠眼[zei2 mei2 shu3 yan3] |
| ⇒ 贼头贼脑 | [ zeí toú zeí naǒ ] lit. to behave like a thief, furtive, underhand |
| ⇒ 卖国贼 | [ maì guó zeí ] traitor |
| ⇒ 逆贼 | [ nì zeí ] renegade, traitor and bandit |
| ⇒ 长尾贼鸥 | [ cháng weǐ zeí oū ] (bird species of China) long-tailed jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus) |
| ⇒ 关门捉贼 | [ guān mén zhuō zeí ] to catch a thief by closing his escape route (idiom) |
| ⇒ 鸡贼 | [ jī zeí ] (dialect) stingy, miserly, crafty, cunning |
| ⇒ 飞贼 | [ feī zeí ] cat burglar, burglar who gains entrance by scaling walls, intruding enemy airman, air marauder |
| ⇒ 马贼 | [ mǎ zeí ] horse thief, (old) group of horse-mounted bandits |
| ⇒ 闹贼 | [ naò zeí ] (coll.) to be burglarized |
| ⇒ 麦氏贼鸥 | [ maì shì zeí oū ] (bird species of China) South Polar skua (Stercorarius maccormicki) |