dié

to spy

speech (讠) + sound dié (枼) = spying through stolen words

The speech radical (讠) anchors the meaning: spying is fundamentally about gathering secret words and whispered intelligence. 枼 contributes the sound dié and does not carry semantic weight here.

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SpeechSemantic

这部电影讲的是一个报人员的故事。

zhè bù diànyǐng jiǎng de shì yī gè dié bào rényuán de gùshi。

This film tells the story of an intelligence agent.

他在战争中从事报工作,非常危险。

tā zài zhànzhēng zhōng cóngshì dié bào gōngzuò,fēicháng wēixiǎn。

He was engaged in espionage work during the war, which was very dangerous.

Words with 谍

间谍

jiàn dié

spy

间谍活动

jiàn dié huó dòng

espionage

间谍网

jiàn dié wǎng

spy network

间谍罪

jiàn dié zuì

crime of spying

间谍软件

jiàn dié ruǎn jiàn

spyware

台谍

tái dié

Taiwan spy

反间谍

fǎn jiàn dié

counterintelligence

谍报

dié bào

spy report

谍战

dié zhàn

(movie genre) espionage thriller (typically involving Chinese agents opposing the Japanese in the 1930s and 40s)

谍照

dié zhào

spy shot; leaked photo of a yet-to-be-released product

More characters with 讠