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间谍 jiàndié

间谍 jiàndié Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 1 English Translations of the word 间谍 jiàndié .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiàndié | jian4 die2
English translation
spy

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Traditional form

間諜

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 间谍 jiàndié

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jiān

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Simplified form of jiān . Depicts sunlight () shining through the gap in a door ( mén ).

Positional decomposition

门日

Number of Strokes

7
dié

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

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

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

yán

Positional decomposition

讠枼

Number of Strokes

11

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Example sentences using 间谍 jiàndié

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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.

间谍 jiàndié Decomposition

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间谍 jiàndié Compounds

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