窃听 [竊聽] - to eavesdrop, to wiretap - qiè tīng | Definition | ChinesePod.com

窃听 (竊聽)

qiè tīng

Pinyin

Definition

窃听 (竊聽)

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qiè tīng

to eavesdrop
to wiretap

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

tīng

1 to listen
2 to hear
3 to obey
4 a can (loanword from English "tin")
5 classifier for canned beverages

tīng dào

1 to hear

qīng tīng

1 to listen attentively

dòng tīng

1 pleasant to listen to

hǎo tīng

1 pleasant to hear

Idioms (20)

不问就听不到假话

bù wèn jiù tīng bù dào jiǎ huà

1 Don't ask and you won't be told any lies. (idiom)

不听老人言，吃亏在眼前

bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián

1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril

偷香窃玉

tōu xiāng qiè yù

1 lit. stolen scent, pilfered jade (idiom); philandering
2 secret illicit sex

危言耸听

wēi yán sǒng tīng

1 frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk
2 reds under the beds

垂帘听政

chuí lián tīng zhèng

1 lit. to govern from behind the curtain
2 to rule in place of the emperor (idiom)

Sample Sentences

先去摸摸底，然后窃听她的电话。派社里最精英的狗仔团队去跟她，24小时跟踪，不能放过一点机会。

xiān qù mōmo dǐ ，ránhòu qiètīng tā de diànhuà 。pài shè lǐ zuì jīngyīng de gǒuzǎi tuánduì qù gēn tā ，èrshísì xiǎoshí gēnzōng ，bùnéng fàngguò yīdiǎn jīhuì 。

不过窃听他人隐私是犯法的吧。我可不想为了这个蹲监狱。

búguò qiètīng tārén yǐnsī shì fànfǎ de ba 。wǒ kě bù xiǎng wèile zhège dūn jiānyù 。

这招妙！我们放窃听器，那还不是小菜一碟。

zhè zhāo miào ！wǒmen fàng qiètīngqì ，nà hái bú shì xiǎocàiyīdié 。

对，还是你想得周到。唉，如果能窃听她的电话就好了。

duì ，háishì nǐ xiǎng de zhōudào 。āi ，rúguǒ néng qiètīng tā de diànhuà jiù hǎo le 。