间谍
Old HSK 6
间谍 (jiàndié) · spy
间谍 (jiàndié) means “spy”. It is written with 2 characters: 间 (measure word for rooms) + 谍 (to spy). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 间谍 is built
The characters
间 jiān · measure word for rooms
What 间 is made of
- 门mén — door
- 丶 — dot
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
Origin hint: The sun 日 shining through a doorway 门 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
谍 dié · to spy
What 谍 is made of
- 讠yán — speech
- 枼yè — table
- 世shì — generation
- 廿niàn — twenty
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 八bā — eight
- 世shì — generation
Example sentences
这部电影讲的是一个间谍的故事。Zhè bù diànyǐng jiǎng de shì yí gè jiàndié de gùshì.This film tells a spy story.
他很喜欢看间谍小说。Tā hěn xǐhuan kàn jiàndié xiǎoshuō.He loves reading spy novels.
Questions about 间谍
What does 间谍 mean?
间谍 (jiàndié) means “spy”.
How do you pronounce 间谍?
间谍 is pronounced jiàndié.
Which HSK level is 间谍?
间谍 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 房间fángjiānroom
- 时间shíjiāntime
- 洗手间xǐshǒujiāntoilet
- 中间zhōngjiānmiddle
- 民间mínjiānfolk
- 卫生间wèishēngjiānbathroom
- 空间kōngjiānspace
- 期间qījiānperiod
- 之间zhījiānbetween
- 间隔jiàngéinterval
Learn 间谍 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 92: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.