谍 (dié): to spy
谍 (dié) is a Chinese character meaning “to spy.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 讠 (semantic) and 枼 (phonetic). It ranks #2317 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 谍 speech. Its radical form 讠 (speech) appears in many related characters such as 认 (rèn, to recognize, to admit), 记 (jì, to remember, to record), 识 (shí, to know, knowledge).
Definitions
- to spy
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 间谍noun | jiàn dié | spy |
| 谍报noun | dié bào | spy report |
| 间谍网 | jiàn dié wǎng | spy network |
| 间谍活动noun | jiàn dié huó dòng | espionage |
| 反间谍noun | fǎn jiàn dié | counterintelligence |
| 间谍软件 | jiàn dié ruǎn jiàn | spyware |
| 间谍罪 | jiàn dié zuì | crime of spying |
| 谍战noun | dié zhàn | (movie genre) espionage thriller (typically involving Chinese agents opposing the Japanese in the 1930s and 40s) |
| 谍照noun | dié zhào | spy shot |
| 台谍 | tái dié | Taiwan spy |
谍 appears in 10 compound words: 30 as the first character, 30 as the last, and 40 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 谍 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
间谍活动危害国家安全。
Jiàndié huódòng wēihài guójiā ānquán.
Espionage activities endanger national security.
俄罗斯驱逐英国大使涉分裂及间谍行为 今年第2次
é luó sī qū zhú yīng guó dà shǐ shè fēn liè jí jiān dié háng wéi jīn nián dì 2 cì
Russia expels British ambassador over separatism and espionage allegations—the second time this year
澎防部上士涉共谍案、中共藉宫庙吸收国军情搜 监院纠正政院...
péng fáng bù shàng shì shè gòng dié àn , zhōng gòng 藉 gōng miào xī shōu guó jūn qíng sōu jiān yuàn jiū zhèng zhèng yuàn . . .
Pingtung Defense Command Sergeant Major Implicated in Espionage Case; CCP Uses Temples to Recruit Nationalist Army Intelligence Officers; Control Yuan Issues Correction to Executive Yuan...
航空公司前驻陆主管涉共谍判囚6月 高检署“这原因”不上诉
háng kōng gōng sī qián zhù lù zhǔ guǎn shè gòng dié pàn qiú 6 yuè gāo jiǎn shǔ zhè yuán yīn bù shàng sù
The former head of the airline stationed in mainland China was sentenced to prison for being involved in communist espionage in June, and the Supreme People's Procuratorate did not appeal for "this reason"
张艺谋谈间谍通过“垃圾桶交接加密手机”:国安同志说....
zhāng yì móu tán jiān dié tōng guò lā jī tǒng jiāo jiē jiā mì shǒu jī guó ān tóng zhì shuō . . . .
Zhang Yimou talked about spies through the "trash can handover encrypted cell phone": national security comrades said ....
张艺谋回应在电影《惊蛰无声》中“间谍在垃圾桶交接手..
zhāng yì móu huí yīng zài diàn yǐng jīng 蛰 mó shēng zhōng jiān dié zài lā jī tǒng jiāo jiē shǒu . .
Zhang Yimou responds to "spies exchanging hands in garbage cans" in the movie "The Sting is Silent...
我突然想到他可能是个商业间谍。
Wǒ tūrán xiǎngdào tā kěnéng shì gè shāngyè jiàndié.
It occurred to me that he might be an industrial spy.
他们其中一人是间谍。
Tāmen qízhōng yī rén shì jiàndié.
One of them is a 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。
Nápòlún shídài de Fǎguó, mèilì yòurén de tiāncái chúshī yáoshēnyībiàn chéngwéi jiàndié.
A brilliant, seductive chef turns to espionage in Napoleon-era France.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 讠 (speech) component
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