DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

盜墓賊

简盗墓贼 · 繁盜墓賊

Mandarin · pinyin dào mù zéi

tomb robber; grave robber

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

盜: Look up this written character
墓: mù · grave, tomb
賊: Look up this written character
盗: dào · rob, steal; thief, bandit
贼: zéi · thief, traitor; kill

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

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

4–4–2 · dao4 mu4 zei2

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

3character 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.

盜墓賊 · find source passages ↗ · 盗墓贼 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗