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dié Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dié | die2
English translation
to spy
to spy; an intelligence report

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About dié

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

dié

Contains the radical

yán

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

speech

Etymology of dié

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

讠枼

Semantic compound

yán

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. yán represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of dié .

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Example sentences using dié

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克劳斯 Kè láo sī ·富克斯罗森堡夫妇 fūfù bèi 揭露 jiēlù shì 情报 qíngbào 间谍 jiàndié .

Klaus Fuchs and the Rosenbergs were unmasked as some of the nuclear spies.

间谍 jiàndié 伪装 wěi zhuāng Chéng 顾问 gùwèn 工程师 gōngchéngshī .

The spy's cover was that she was a consultant engineer.

这是间谍罪 jiàn dié zuì 应判死刑 sǐ xíng

It was a crime of espionage and carried the death penalty.

gāi 特工 tè gōng 人员 rényuán wéi 东德 Dōng Dé zuò le 20多年 de 间谍 jiàndié

The agent spied for East Germany for more than twenty years.

bèi 指控 zhǐ kòng wéi 英国 Yīng guó 间谍 jiàndié 入狱 rù yù 关押 guān yā le 5 Nián

He was jailed for five years as an alleged British spy.

Words with dié

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
间谍 jiàndié spy間諜
dié to spy dié
谍报 dié bào spy report諜報
间谍网 jiàn dié wǎng spy network間諜網

dié Decomposition & Compounds

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dié Decomposition

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