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间谍

jiàn dié

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 間諜

间谍 (jiàn dié) means "spy". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 间谍 means

1. spy

The characters in 间谍

• 间jiānbetween; among; within a definite time or space
• 谍diéto 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 间谍

• 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

Words containing 间谍

• 反间谍fǎn jiàn diécounterintelligence; protection against espionage

Where 间谍 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jiǎn–jiān (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jiàn dié correctly.
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