Word

间谍 (jiàn dié) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 7

间谍 (jiàn dié) is a Chinese word: spy. This page shows its pinyin, translation, example sentences, character breakdown, decomposition, and HSK level.

Meaning of 间谍

名 míng noun

spy

警方逮捕了一名外国间谍。

jǐng fāng dài bǔ le yì míng wài guó jiàn dié

The police arrested a foreign spy.

Log in to add your own translations

Word breakdown

间 jiàn — secret, covert (operating between entities)

谍 dié — espionage, intelligence gathering

Structure & writing
1 间 jiàn — crack; gap; crevice
Xpinyin
间 is a component in 1 characters

consists of

1.2 日 rì — the sun
日 is a component in 67 characters
Show more HSK 1 characters (+2)
Show more HSK 3 characters (+4)
Show more HSK 4 characters (+2)
Show more HSK 5 characters (+4)
Show more HSK 6 characters (+3)
Show more HSK 7 characters (+20)

Stroke order

2 谍 dié — (lit.) to secretly gather intelligence on military, political, or economic matters

谍 is not used as a component in any other character.

consists of

2.1 讠 yán — speech/language radical
讠 is a component in 75 characters
Show more HSK 1 characters (+5)
Show more HSK 4 characters (+8)
Show more HSK 5 characters (+3)
Show more HSK 6 characters (+3)
Show more HSK 7 characters (+22)

Stroke order