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盗

dào

HSK 6 Character Traditional 盜

What 盗 means

1. to steal
2. to rob
3. to plunder
4. thief
5. bandit
6. robber

Example sentences

• 盗亦有道。
  Dào yì yǒudào.
  There is honor even among thieves.
• 海盗们上了船。
  Hǎidào men shàng le chuán.
  The pirates boarded the ship.
• 很多书被盗了。
  Many books have been stolen.
• 警察起诉他盗窃。
  Jǐngchá qǐsù tā dàoqiè.
  The police accused him of theft.
• 贝蒂有盗窃前科。
  Bèidì yǒu dàoqiè qiánkē.
  Betty has a previous conviction for theft.
• 你喜欢盗版电影吗？
  Nǐ xǐhuan dàobǎn diànyǐng ma?
  Do you like pirate movies?

Words starting with 盗

• 盗窃dào qièto steal
• 盗版dào bǎnpirated; illegal; see also 正版
• 盗贼dào zéirobber
• 盗用dào yòngto use illegitimately; to misappropriate; to embezzle
• 盗取dào qǔto steal (including identity theft, credit card fraud or theft of computer account)…
• 盗伐dào fáto unlawfully fell trees
• 盗刷dào shuāto fraudulently draw on (sb's credit card account)
• 盗图dào túto use an image without permission
• 盗采dào cǎito mine (or harvest, log, trap animals etc) illegally; illegal mining (or logging etc)
• 盗汗dào hànnight sweats
• 盗号dào hàoto steal an online account
• 盗卖dào màito steal sth and sell it
• 盗录dào lùto pirate (an audio recording, movie etc); to bootleg
• 盗龙dào lóngRapator ornitholestoides (dinosaur)
• 盗版党Dào bǎn dǎngPirate Party, political movement whose main goal is to reform copyright law in line with…
• 盗猎dào lièto poach (illegally hunt game)
• 盗墓dào mùto rob a tomb
• 盗垒dào lěi(baseball) to steal a base; stolen base (SB)
• 盗墓贼dào mù zéitomb robber; grave robber
• 盗匪dào fěibandit
• 盗薮dào sǒubandits' den

Words containing 盗

• 强盗qiáng dàoto rob (with force); bandit; robber
• 海盗hǎi dàopirate
• 防盗fáng dàoto guard against theft; anti-theft
• 偷盗tōu dàoto steal
• 大盗dà dàothief; bandit (esp. one who has gained notoriety)
• 防盗门fáng dào ménsecurity door
• 掩耳盗铃yǎn ěr dào línglit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell; to deceive oneself…
• 失盗shī dàoto have sth stolen; to lose to theft; robbed
• 古盗鸟gǔ dào niǎoArchaeoraptor (bird-like dinosaur)
• 采花大盗cǎi huā dà dàonotorious rapist; serial rapist
• 欺世盗名qī shì dào míng(idiom) to fool the world and usurp a good name
• 江洋大盗jiāng yáng dà dào(idiom) infamous pirate; (by extension) notorious bandit or robber
• 海盗行为hǎi dào xíng wéipiracy
• 监守自盗jiān shǒu zì dàoto embezzle
• 窃盗qiè dàotheft; to steal
• 身份盗窃shēn fèn dào qièidentity theft
• 鸡鸣狗盗jī míng gǒu dàocrowing like a cock and stealing like a dog (idiom); bag of tricks; useful talents
• 侠盗飞车xiá dào fēi chēGrand Theft Auto (video game series)
• 侠盗猎车手Xiá dào Liè chē shǒuGrand Theft Auto (video game series)
• 匪盗fěi dàobandit
• 辽宁古盗鸟Liáo níng gǔ dào niǎoArchaeoraptor liaoningensis (bird-like dinosaur found in Liaoning province)
• 伶盗龙líng dào lóngvelociraptor (dinosaur)
• 诲淫诲盗huì yín huì dàoto promote sex and violence; to stir up lust and covetousness
• 开门揖盗kāi mén yī dàoleaving the door open invites the thief (idiom); to invite disaster by giving evildoers a…

Characters that look like 盗

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 羞xiūshy; ashamed; shame
• 盎àng(literary) ancient earthenware container with a big belly and small mouth…
• 盔kuīhelmet
• 羡xiànto envy
• 盏zhǎna small cup; classifier for lamps
• 蛊gǔarch. legendary venomous insect; to poison; to bewitch

Sounds the same

Read dào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 到to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point)
• 道road; path; (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art…
• 悼to mourn; to lament
• 稻paddy; rice (Oryza sativa)
• 倒to invert; to place upside down or frontside back; to pour out; to tip out; to dump
• 纛big banner; feather banner or fan
• 焘cover over; to envelope
• 翿feather banner or fan
• 帱canopy
• 稲variant of 稻
• 衟old variant of 道