"to spy" Chinese-English Dictionary
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 谍 諜 | to spy | ||
| 狙 | macaque / to spy / to lie in ambush | ||
| 伺 | to watch / to wait / to examine / to spy | ||
| 觑 覷 | to spy / watch for | syn | |
| 瞷 | to spy | ||
| 诇 詗 | (literary) to spy / to pry into | ||
| 巴头探脑 巴頭探腦 | to poke one's head in and pry (idiom) / to spy / nosy |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 间谍 間諜 | spy | syn | |
| 底线 底線 | bottom line / the limit of what one is prepared to accept / (sports) baseline / (sewing) under thread / spy / informer / plant | syn | |
| 眼线 眼線 | informer / snitch / spy / scout / (cosmetics) eye line | syn | |
| 窥探 窺探 | to pry into or spy on / to snoop / to peep / to poke one's nose into / to peer / to get a glimpse of | syn | |
| 特务 特務 | special assignment (military) / special agent / operative / spy | syn | |
| 窥视 窺視 | to peep at / to spy on / to peek | syn | |
| 探子 | intelligence gatherer / spy / detective / scout / sound (medical instrument) / long and narrow probing and sampling utensil | syn | |
| 侦察兵 偵察兵 | a scout / spy | syn | |
| 奸细 奸細 | a spy / a crafty person | syn | |
| 刺探 | to pry into / to spy on / to probe into | syn | |
| 侦察机 偵察機 | surveillance aircraft / spy plane | ||
| 谍报 諜報 | spy report / intelligence | syn | |
| 侦察员 偵察員 | detective / investigator / scout / spy | syn | |
| 豢养 豢養 | to keep (an animal) / to look after the needs of (a person or an animal) / (fig.) to keep (a spy, lackey etc) in one's pay | syn | |
| 窥伺 窺伺 | to spy upon / to lie in wait for (an opportunity) | syn | |
| 上线 上線 | to go online / to put sth online / to reach a specific standard / to put into production / handler (person who oversees and directs the activities of another person in a gang, spy ring etc) | ||
| 线人 線人 | spy / informer | ||
| 细作 細作 | (old) spy / secret agent | syn | |
| 内鬼 內鬼 | mole / spy / rat / traitor | ||
| 觇 覘 | keep at / to spy | syn | |
| 觇 覘 | to observe / to spy on / Taiwan pr. [zhan1] | syn | |
| 间谍网 間諜網 | spy network | ||
| 窥望 窺望 | to peep / to spy on | ||
| 睪 | to spy out | ||
| 詗 | clever / to gossip / to spy | ||
| 遉 | spy, reconnoiter / detective | ||
| 凌志美 | Laura Ling, US-Taiwanese woman journalist imprisoned as spy by North Korea in 2009 | ||
| 台谍 臺諜 | Taiwan spy | ||
| 敌探 敵探 | enemy spy | syn | |
| 暗中监视 暗中監視 | to monitor secretly / to spy on | ||
| 李诚恩 李誠恩 | Euna Li, US-Korean woman journalist imprisoned as spy by North Korea in 2009 | ||
| 李云娜 李雲娜 | Euna Lee (phonetic transcription), US woman journalist imprisoned as spy by North Korea in 2009 / also written 李誠恩|李诚恩[Li3 Cheng2 en1] | ||
| 窬墙窥视 窬牆窺視 | to spy on sb through a peephole (idiom) | ||
| 觑步 覷步 | to spy on | ||
| 越飞 越飛 | Adolph Abramovich Joffe (1883-1927), Soviet and Comintern diplomat and spy in 1922-23 in Republican China | ||
| 间谍飞机 | spy plane | ||
| 暗桩 暗樁 | submerged piles installed to prevent the passage of boats / (fig.) informer / spy | ||
| 谍照 諜照 | spy shot / leaked photo of a yet-to-be-released product |