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行窃

xíng qiè

2-character word Traditional 行竊

What 行窃 means

1. to steal
2. to commit a robbery

The characters in 行窃

• 行xíng(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit…
• 窃qièto steal; secretly; (humble) I

Example sentences

• 他在行窃的时后被发现。
  Tā zàiháng qiè de shí hòu bèi fāxiàn.
  He was detected in the very act of stealing.

Sounds the same

Read xíng qiè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 行箧traveling suitcase