DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

海盜行為

简海盗行为 · 繁海盜行為

Mandarin · pinyin hǎi dào xíng wéi

piracy

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

海: hǎi · sea, ocean; maritime
盜: Look up this written character
行: xíng · go; walk; move, travel; circulate; Kangxi radical 144
為: Look up this written character
盗: dào · rob, steal; thief, bandit
为: wèi · do, handle, govern, act; be

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

3–4–2–2 · hai3 dao4 xing2 wei2

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

海盜行為 · find source passages ↗ · 海盗行为 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗