盗
Chinese
HSK 7-9 Vocabulary
Chinese
★★★ 3/5
formal
dào
拼音
dào
汉字拆解
盗 = 次 + 皿 (a figure drooling over a vessel, indicating covetous theft)
含义
To steal; to rob; to take by theft. A verb and root morpheme meaning to take something unlawfully. Functions independently in formal contexts and as a prefix in theft-related compound words.
Used both as an independent verb in formal and literary Chinese and as a morpheme in compounds such as 盗窃, 盗版 (piracy), and 盗用 (misappropriation). Appears frequently in legal documents, news reports, and classical literature.
例句
- 博物馆的安保系统成功阻止了一次企图盗取文物的行动。
- 网络上盗用他人作品的行为严重侵犯了著作权。
- 侦探追踪多条线索,终于找到了盗走珠宝的嫌疑人。
用法指南
语境: legal, literature, news
语气: serious
正确说法
- 盗取机密信息。(To steal confidential information.)
- 严惩行盗者。(Severely punish those who commit theft.)
错误说法
- 我盗了他的想法 — use 剽窃 or 抄袭 for plagiarism; 盗 is for physical theft or high-register formal writing
起源与历史
Single character meaning theft. Ancient form depicts a person coveting a vessel, indicating taking by desire.
文化背景
世代: All ages
社会背景: Universal
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