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HSK
7-9

to steal

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

qie4 qiè

Meaning


Primary

to steal

Alternatives

steal, steals, stealing, stole

Mnemonic


[qi-] Kirby is in the [4] bathroom of the [-e] electricity plant trying 竊 to steal some stuff. He finds a 人 person that is on guard and ties their 厶 elbows together and puts a 冂 hood over their head. Kirby then uses a 卜 magic stick to summon a walking dollhouse and he sticks a bunch of valuable 釆 droppings that were in one of the toilets into the 口 mouth of the walking dollhouse before they together run away with the goods they 竊 stole.

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