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谍

dié

HSK 6 Character Traditional 諜

What 谍 means

1. to spy

Example sentences

• 人们怀疑他是间谍。
  Rénmen huáiyí tā shì jiàndié.
  He was under suspicion of being a spy.
• 他们其中一人是间谍。
  Tāmen qízhōng yī rén shì jiàndié.
  One of them is a spy.
• 他相信我们中间有间谍。
  Tā xiāngxìn wǒmen zhōngjiān yǒu jiàndié.
  He believes there is a spy among us.
• 我突然想到他可能是个商业间谍。
  It occurred to me that he might be an industrial spy.
• 拿破仑时代的法国，魅力诱人的天才厨师摇身一变成为间谍。
  A brilliant, seductive chef turns to espionage in Napoleon-era France.

Words starting with 谍

• 谍报dié bàospy report; intelligence
• 谍战dié zhàn(movie genre) espionage thriller…
• 谍照dié zhàospy shot; leaked photo of a yet-to-be-released product

Words containing 谍

• 间谍jiàn diéspy
• 台谍Tái diéTaiwan spy
• 反间谍fǎn jiàn diécounterintelligence; protection against espionage
• 间谍网jiàn dié wǎngspy network
• 间谍罪jiàn dié zuìcrime of spying
• 间谍活动jiàn dié huó dòngespionage; spying
• 间谍软件jiàn dié ruǎn jiànspyware

Characters built on 枼

These share the phonetic component 枼 (), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 蝶dié(bound form) butterfly
• 碟diédish; plate
• 喋diéused in 喋喋; used in 喋血
• 牒dié(official) document; dispatch
• 鲽diéflatfish; flounder; sole
• 渫xièto get rid of; to discharge; to dredge
• 堞diébattlements
• 蹀diéto tread on; to stamp one's foot

Characters that look like 谍

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

• 谈tánto speak; to talk; to converse
• 课kèsubject; course; class
• 谓wèito speak; to say; to name
• 谎huǎnglies; to lie
• 谟móplan; to practice
• 谘zīsimplified form of 諮…

Sounds the same

Read dié, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 蝶(bound form) butterfly
• 叠to pile up; (bound form) repeated; to fold
• 碟dish; plate
• 迭alternately; repeatedly
• 牒(official) document; dispatch
• 喋used in 喋喋; used in 喋血
• 耋aged; in one's eighties
• 鲽flatfish; flounder; sole
• 眣prominent eyes
• 垤anthill; mound
• 堞battlements
• 咥gnaw; bite