Chinese symbol for “underhand”
贼头贼脑
zéi tóu zéi nǎo
Traditional: 賊頭賊腦
lit. to behave like a thief; furtive; underhand
The closest CC-CEDICT match for underhand is 贼头贼脑 (zéi tóu zéi nǎo), defined as: lit. to behave like a thief; furtive; underhand.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 贼头贼脑.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 盗贼 (盜賊) | dào zéi | robber |
| 卖国贼 (賣國賊) | mài guó zéi | traitor |
| 海贼 (海賊) | hǎi zéi | pirate |
| 国贼 (國賊) | guó zéi | traitor to the nation |
| 反贼 (反賊) | fǎn zéi | (imperial China) rebel; traitor; (post-1949) enemy of the state; counter-revolutionary |
| 乌贼 (烏賊) | wū zéi | cuttlefish |
| 头发 (頭髮) | tóu fa | hair (on the head) |
| 街头 (街頭) | jiē tóu | street |
| 电脑 (電腦) | diàn nǎo | computer; 台 (tái) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “underhand”.
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.