HSK 6 · Society

歹徒 dǎitú “criminal” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 歹徒 means

  1. criminal
  2. gangster
  3. thug
  4. evildoer
  5. malefactor
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • hoodlum

How to say 歹徒

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale歹dǎi3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale徒tú2nd tone, rising

歹徒 in a sentence

  1. 警察很快就抓住了歹徒。

    Jǐngchá hěn kuài jiù zhuāzhù le dǎitú.

    The police quickly caught the criminal.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 一个歹徒抢了她的包就跑了。

    Yí ge dǎitú qiǎng le tā de bāo jiù pǎo le.

    A thug grabbed her bag and ran off.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 歹徒 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 歹 (dǎi) with each of its parts in a different colour
歹dǎibad
  • 一one · yī
  • 夕evening · xī
The character 徒 (tú) with each of its parts in a different colour
徒túdisciple; apprentice; believer
  • 彳step · chì
  • 走walk · zǒu

How to write 歹徒

歹 4 strokes · 徒 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

歹徒 (dǎitú) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 歹徒 (dǎitú). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 歹徒

Words with 徒

徒弟túdì · apprentice

More words: Society & Law

慈善císhàn · charity大臣dàchén · minister (of a monarchy)打官司dǎguānsi · to go to court逮捕dàibǔ · to arrest党dǎng · (political) party当事人dāngshìrén · party (involved)当选dāngxuǎn · to be elected盗窃dàoqiè · to steal

FAQs

歹徒 (dǎitú) means “criminal” or “gangster”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dǎitú: dǎi with a 3rd tone, then tú with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 歹徒 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type daitu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 歹徒 from the suggestions. Typing daitu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
歹徒 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.