Chinese word

盗

Pronunciation

Pinyindào

Meaning

  • verbsteal

Example

他盗了我的钱包。tā dào le wǒ de qián bāo

He stole my wallet.

Illustration for 盗 (steal)

More examples

黑客通过钓鱼邮件把用户的密码盗取走了。hēi kè tōng guò diào yú yóu jiàn bǎ yòng hù de mì mǎ dào qǔ zǒu le

The hacker stole the user's password through a phishing email.

Core concept

A person's possession is removed from its rightful owner and treated as someone else's.

Common phrases

  • 账号被盗用zhàng hào bèi dào yòng

    account misused

  • 盗取信息dào qǔ xìn xī

    steal information

  • 盗用他人身份信息dào yòng tā rén shēn fèn xìn xī

    steal someone else's identity information

Similar words

偷tōu: Secretly take another person's belongings without being noticed.
抢qiǎng: Seize another person's property through force or threats.
盗窃dào qiè: Secretly steal another person's property in formal or written usage.

Definition in Chinese

未经物主同意把他人东西拿走或占为己有的行为，含有侵犯他人财产权的意思。wèi jīng wù zhǔ tóng yì bǎ tā rén dōng xī ná zǒu huò zhàn wèi jí yǒu de xíng wéi hán yǒu qīn fàn tā rén cái chǎn quán de yì si

Word origin

The simplified character preserves an old written form that has long referred to taking what belongs to another person, linking its modern sense to wrongful possession.

Usage tips

  • In everyday conversation, this one-character verb has a formal or written tone and is especially common in reports, warnings, and compounds.

Other meanings

  • appropriateverb

Opposites

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