盜賊

See also: 盗賊 and 盗贼

Chinese

		steal; rob; plunder steal; rob; plunder; a thief; bandit; robber	thief
trad. (盜賊)		盜	賊
simp. (盗贼)		盗	贼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàozéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄗㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶ caak⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tō͘-chia̍k / tō-che̍k / tō-chha̍t

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dao⁶ zag⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàozéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄗㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàozéi
    • Wade–Giles: tao⁴-tsei²
    • Yale: dàu-dzéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawtzeir
    • Palladius: даоцзэй (daoczɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡seɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou⁶ caak⁶
    • Yale: douh chaahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ tsaak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou⁶ cag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² t͡sʰaːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō͘-chia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tōo-tsia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doxciak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ⁴¹⁻²² t͡siak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō-che̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tō-tsi̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doixzek
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /to²²⁻²¹ t͡siɪk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /to²²⁻²¹ t͡siɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ³³⁻²¹ t͡siɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /to³³⁻¹¹ t͡siɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō-chha̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tō-tsha̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doixzhat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /to²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰat̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dao⁶ zag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tău tsa̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sak̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: dawH dzok

Rime
Character	盜	賊
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	德 (131)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	徒到切	昨則切
Baxter	dawH	dzok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑuH/	/d͡zək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑuH/	/d͡zək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑuH/	/d͡zək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dawH/	/d͡zək̚/
Li Rong	/dɑuH/	/d͡zək̚/
Wang Li	/dɑuH/	/d͡zək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱɑuH/	/d͡zʱək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dào	zé
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dou6	zak6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]ˤaw(k)-s  k.dzˤək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*daːws  zɯːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	盜	賊
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dào	zéi
Middle Chinese	‹ dawH ›	‹ dzok ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]ˁaw(k)-s/	/*k.dzˁək/
English	steal	injure; murderer, bandit
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	盜	賊
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	2164	16596
Phonetic component	盜	則
Rime group	宵	職
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	導	賊
Old Chinese	/*daːws/	/*zɯːɡ/

Noun

盜賊

1. bandit; robber
2. (Classical) robbery

Synonyms

• (robber):

edit

• 刀刀兒客／刀刀儿客 (dao¹ daor¹ ke²) (Sichuanese, dated)
• 劫匪 (jiéfěi)
• 匪徒 (fěitú)
• 匪盜／匪盗 (fěidào)
• 土匪 (tǔfěi)
• 強盜／强盗 (qiángdào)
• 強貢／强贡 (Hokkien)
• 強賊／强贼 (Hokkien)
• 搶劫犯／抢劫犯 (qiǎngjiéfàn)
• 棒客 (bang⁴ ke²) (Sichuanese)
• 棒老二 (bang⁴ nao³ er⁴) (Sichuanese)
• 毛子 (máozi) (obsolete)
• 盜匪／盗匪 (dàofěi)
• 盜寇／盗寇 (dàokòu)
• 盜隔山／盗隔山 (⁶dau-kaq-se) (Wu, humorous)
• 鬍匪／胡匪 (húfěi)
• 鬍子／胡子 (húzi) (Northeastern Mandarin, dated)

 

Derived terms

• 法令滋章，盜賊多有／法令滋章，盗贼多有
• 盜賊四起／盗贼四起
• 盜賊統治／盗贼统治
• 盜賊蜂起／盗贼蜂起

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
盜	賊
とう Jinmeiyō	ぞく Grade: S
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 盜賊 – see the following entry.

【盗賊とうぞく】 [noun] thief, robber

(This term, 盜賊, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
盜	賊

Noun

盜賊 • (dojeok) (hangeul 도적)

1. hanja form^? of 도적 (“bandit; robber”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
盜	賊

Noun

盜賊

1. chữ Hán form of đạo tặc (“bandit; thief; robber”).