Chinese symbol for “spy”
间谍
jiàn dié
Traditional: 間諜
spy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for spy is 间谍 (jiàn dié), defined as: spy.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “spy”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 奸细 (奸細) | jiān xi | a spy; a crafty person |
| 谍 (諜) | dié | to spy |
| 觑 (覷) | qù | to spy; watch for |
| 特务 (特務) | tè wu | special assignment (military); special agent |
| 底线 (底線) | dǐ xiàn | bottom line; the limit of what one is prepared to accept; (sports) baseline |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 间谍.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 时间 (時間) | shí jiān | (concept of) time; (duration of) time |
| 之间 (之間) | zhī jiān | (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间 ( |
| 期间 (期間) | qī jiān | period of time; time |
| 空间 (空間) | kōng jiān | space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway |
| 民间 (民間) | mín jiān | among the people; popular |
| 中间 (中間) | zhōng jiān | the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among |
| 间谍活动 (間諜活動) | jiàn dié huó dòng | espionage; spying |
| 谍报 (諜報) | dié bào | spy report; intelligence |
See also: Japanese symbol for “spy”.
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.