Chinese symbol for “smuggle”
走私
zǒu sī
to smuggle; to have an illicit affair
The closest CC-CEDICT match for smuggle is 走私 (zǒu sī), defined as: to smuggle; to have an illicit affair.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “smuggle”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 偷运 (偷運) | tōu yùn | to smuggle |
| 带货 (帶貨) | dài huò | (coll.) to smuggle |
| 私运 (私運) | sī yùn | to smuggle |
| 夹带 (夾帶) | jiā dài | to carry within it; to be mixed in |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 走私.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 走向 | zǒu xiàng | direction; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology) |
| 走出 | zǒu chū | to leave (a room etc); to go out through (a door etc) |
| 走进 (走進) | zǒu jìn | to enter; to step into |
| 带走 (帶走) | dài zǒu | to carry; to take away |
| 走过 (走過) | zǒu guò | to walk past; to pass by |
| 走路 | zǒu lù | to walk; to go on foot; to leave; to depart |
| 私人 | sī rén | private; personal |
| 隐私 (隱私) | yǐn sī | secrets; private business |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.