| 賊 | [ zeí ] thief, traitor, wily, deceitful, evil, extremely |
| 賊亮 | [ zeí liàng ] bright, shiny, dazzling, glaring |
| 賊喊捉賊 | [ 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 |
| 賊心 | [ zeí xīn ] evil intentions |
| 賊死 | [ zeí sǐ ] completely, utterly (dialect) |
| 賊眉賊眼 | [ zeí meí zeí yǎn ] see 賊眉鼠眼|贼眉鼠眼[zei2 mei2 shu3 yan3] |
| 賊眉鼠眼 | [ zeí meí shǔ yǎn ] shifty-eyed, crafty-looking (idiom) |
| 賊眼 | [ zeí yǎn ] shifty gaze, furtive glance |
| 賊禿 | [ zeí tū ] (derog.) Buddhist monk |
| 賊窩 | [ zeí wō ] thieves' lair |
| 賊船 | [ zeí chuán ] pirate ship, fig. venture of dubious merit, criminal gang, reactionary faction |
| 賊頭賊腦 | [ zeí toú zeí naǒ ] lit. to behave like a thief, furtive, underhand |
| ⇒ 上賊船 | [ shàng zeí chuán ] lit. to board a pirate ship (idiom), fig. to associate with criminals |
| ⇒ 中賊鷗 | [ zhōng zeí oū ] (bird species of China) pomarine skua (Stercorarius pomarinus) |
| ⇒ 亂臣賊子 | [ luàn chén zeí zǐ ] rebels and traitors (idiom), general term for scoundrel |
| ⇒ 作賊 | [ zuò zeí ] to be a thief |
| ⇒ 做賊心虛 | [ zuò zeí xīn xū ] to feel guilty as a thief (idiom); to have sth on one's conscience |
| ⇒ 勝者王侯敗者賊 | [ 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] |
| ⇒ 叛賊 | [ pàn zeí ] renegade, traitor |
| ⇒ 吸血烏賊 | [ xī xuè wū zeí ] vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) |
| ⇒ 國賊 | [ guó zeí ] traitor to the nation |
| ⇒ 奸賊 | [ jiān zeí ] a traitor, a treacherous bandit |
| ⇒ 對著和尚罵賊禿 | [ 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 |
| ⇒ 山賊 | [ shān zeí ] brigand |
| ⇒ 慣賊 | [ guàn zeí ] habitual thief |
| ⇒ 抓賊 | [ zhuā zeí ] to catch a thief |
| ⇒ 採花賊 | [ caǐ huā zeí ] lit. flower thief, fig. rapist |
| ⇒ 擒賊擒王 | [ qín zeí qín wáng ] to defeat the enemy by capturing their chief (idiom) |
| ⇒ 槍烏賊 | [ qiāng wū zeí ] squid |
| ⇒ 民賊獨夫 | [ mín zeí dú fū ] tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator |
| ⇒ 海賊 | [ haǐ zeí ] pirate |
| ⇒ 海賊版 | [ haǐ zeí bǎn ] pirate version, bootleg |
| ⇒ 海賊王 | [ haǐ zeí wáng ] One Piece (manga and anime) |
| ⇒ 漢賊不兩立 | [ 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" |
| ⇒ 烏賊 | [ wū zeí ] cuttlefish |
| ⇒ 狗賊 | [ goǔ zeí ] (insult) brigand, swindler |
| ⇒ 獨夫民賊 | [ dú fū mín zeí ] tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator |
| ⇒ 盜賊 | [ daò zeí ] robber |
| ⇒ 短尾賊鷗 | [ duǎn weǐ zeí oū ] (bird species of China) parasitic jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus) |
| ⇒ 積賊 | [ jī zeí ] confirmed thief |
| ⇒ 竊賊 | [ qiè zeí ] thief |
| ⇒ 篡賊 | [ cuàn zeí ] usurper |
| ⇒ 老家賊 | [ laǒ jiā zeí ] (dialect) sparrow |
| ⇒ 蟊賊 | [ maó zeí ] insect that damages cereal crop seedlings, (lit. and fig.) vermin, a person harmful to the country and the people |
| ⇒ 認賊作父 | [ rèn zeí zuò fù ] lit. to acknowledge the bandit as one's father (idiom); fig. a complete betrayal, to sell oneself to the enemy |
| ⇒ 誤上賊船 | [ wù shàng zeí chuán ] lit. to mistakenly board a pirate ship, to embark on a hopeless adventure |
| ⇒ 賊喊捉賊 | [ 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 |
| ⇒ 賊眉賊眼 | [ zeí meí zeí yǎn ] see 賊眉鼠眼|贼眉鼠眼[zei2 mei2 shu3 yan3] |
| ⇒ 賊頭賊腦 | [ zeí toú zeí naǒ ] lit. to behave like a thief, furtive, underhand |
| ⇒ 賣國賊 | [ maì guó zeí ] traitor |
| ⇒ 逆賊 | [ nì zeí ] renegade, traitor and bandit |
| ⇒ 長尾賊鷗 | [ cháng weǐ zeí oū ] (bird species of China) long-tailed jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus) |
| ⇒ 關門捉賊 | [ guān mén zhuō zeí ] to catch a thief by closing his escape route (idiom) |
| ⇒ 雞賊 | [ jī zeí ] (dialect) stingy, miserly, crafty, cunning |
| ⇒ 飛賊 | [ feī zeí ] cat burglar, burglar who gains entrance by scaling walls, intruding enemy airman, air marauder |
| ⇒ 馬賊 | [ mǎ zeí ] horse thief, (old) group of horse-mounted bandits |
| ⇒ 鬧賊 | [ naò zeí ] (coll.) to be burglarized |
| ⇒ 麥氏賊鷗 | [ maì shì zeí oū ] (bird species of China) South Polar skua (Stercorarius maccormicki) |