He is a thief.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
小偷
thief
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
thief
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 小偷 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 小偷 appears in 32 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
We captured the thief.
The policeman caught the thief.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 小偷.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 小偷.
Directly before
- 把小偷7
- 了小偷3
- 一个小偷3
- 的小偷2
- 被小偷1
Directly after
- 小偷抓住4
- 小偷绑2
- 小偷在2
- 小偷迅速1
- 小偷光顾1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 小偷
What does 小偷 mean in Chinese?
小偷 (xiǎotōu) means thief.
How do you pronounce 小偷?
小偷 is pronounced xiǎotōu.
Is 小偷 an HSK word?
小偷 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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