HSK 6 · Society

走私 zǒusī “to smuggle” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 走私 means

  1. to smuggle

How to say 走私

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale走zǒu3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale私sī1st tone, high and level

走私 in a sentence

  1. 海关抓住了一个走私犯。

    Hǎiguān zhuāzhù le yí ge zǒusīfàn.

    Customs caught a smuggler.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 走私野生动物是违法的。

    Zǒusī yěshēng dòngwù shì wéifǎ de.

    Smuggling wild animals is illegal.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 走私 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 走 (zǒu) with each of its parts in a different colour
走zǒuto walk
  • 土earth · tǔ
  • 止stop · zhǐ

Memory aidOnce drawn as a person swinging their arms above a foot 止: to run. Today it means “to walk”.

The character 私 (sī) with each of its parts in a different colour
私sīpersonal; private
  • 禾grain · hé
  • 厶private · sī

How to write 走私

走 7 strokes · 私 7 strokes

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

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

Words related to 走私

Words with 走

走zǒu · to walk走路zǒulù · to walk走廊zǒuláng · corridor走漏zǒulòu · to leak (information)飞禽走兽fēiqínzǒushòu · birds and beasts

Words with 私

私人sīrén · private自私zìsī · selfish私自sīzì · privately隐私yǐnsī · privacy

More words: Society & Law

鞭炮biānpào · firecrackers传统chuántǒng · tradition道德dàodé · virtue追悼zhuīdào · to mourn追究zhuījiū · to investigate驻扎zhùzhā · to be stationed宗教zōngjiào · religion罪犯zuìfàn · criminal

FAQs

走私 (zǒusī) means “to smuggle”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zǒusī: zǒu with a 3rd tone, then sī with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 走私 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zousi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 走私 from the suggestions. Typing zousi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
走私 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.