| 1 | 贼 | 賊 | zéi | zei2 | thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely | | |
| 2 | 上贼船 | 上賊船 | shàng zéi chuán | shang4 zei2 chuan2 | lit. to board a pirate ship (idiom); fig. to associate with criminals | | |
| 3 | 胜者王侯败者贼 | 勝者王侯敗者賊 | shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě zéi | sheng4 zhe3 wang2 hou2 bai4 zhe3 zei2 | see 胜者王侯败者寇 | | |
| 4 | 吸血乌贼 | 吸血烏賊 | xī xuè wū zéi | xi1 xue4 wu1 zei2 | vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) | | |
| 5 | 国贼 | 國賊 | guó zéi | guo2 zei2 | traitor to the nation | | |
| 6 | 马贼 | 馬賊 | mǎ zéi | ma3 zei2 | horse thief; (old) group of horse-mounted bandits | | |
| 7 | 乱臣贼子 | 亂臣賊子 | luàn chén zéi zǐ | luan4 chen2 zei2 zi3 | rebels and traitors (idiom); general term for scoundrel | | |
| 8 | 老家贼 | 老家賊 | lǎo jiā zéi | lao3 jia1 zei2 | (dialect) sparrow | | |
| 9 | 奸臣贼子 | 奸臣賊子 | jiān chén zéi zǐ | jian1 chen2 zei2 zi3 | treacherous court official (idiom) | | |
| 10 | 积贼 | 積賊 | jī zéi | ji1 zei2 | (dialect) stingy; miserly; crafty; cunning; confirmed thief | | |
| 11 | 汉贼不两立 | 漢賊不兩立 | hàn zéi bù liǎng lì | Han4 zei2 bu4 liang3 li4 | lit. Shu Han 蜀汉 and Cao Wei 曹魏 cannot coexist (idiom); fig. two enemies cannot live under the same sky; (former KMT slogan against CCP) "gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist" | | |
| 12 | 海贼王 | 海賊王 | hǎi zéi wáng | Hai3 zei2 wang2 | One Piece (manga and anime) | | |
| 13 | 海贼 | 海賊 | hǎi zéi | hai3 zei2 | pirate | | |
| 14 | 国贼禄鬼 | 國賊祿鬼 | guó zéi lù guǐ | guo2 zei2 lu4 gui3 | time-servers and place-seekers | | |
| 15 | 做贼心虚 | 做賊心虛 | zuò zéi xīn xū | zuo4 zei2 xin1 xu1 | to feel guilty as a thief (idiom); to have sth on one's conscience | | |
| 16 | 惯贼 | 慣賊 | guàn zéi | guan4 zei2 | habitual thief | | |
| 17 | 关门捉贼 | 關門捉賊 | guān mén zhuō zéi | guan1 men2 zhuo1 zei2 | to catch a thief by closing his escape route (idiom) | | |
| 18 | 狗贼 | 狗賊 | gǒu zéi | gou3 zei2 | (insult) brigand; swindler | | |
| 19 | 对着和尚骂贼秃 | 對著和尚罵賊禿 | duì zhe hé shang mà zéi tū | dui4 zhe5 he2 shang5 ma4 zei2 tu1 | lit. in the presence of a monk, insult another monk, calling him a bald-headed bandit (idiom); fig. to insult indirectly; to criticize obliquely | | |
| 20 | 短尾贼鸥 | 短尾賊鷗 | duǎn wěi zéi ōu | duan3 wei3 zei2 ou1 | (bird species of China) parasitic jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus) | | |
| 21 | 独夫民贼 | 獨夫民賊 | dú fū mín zéi | du2 fu1 min2 zei2 | tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator | | |
| 22 | 盗贼四起 | 盜賊四起 | dào zéi sì qǐ | dao4 zei2 si4 qi3 | Robbers arise from all quarters. (idiom) | | |
| 23 | 盗贼猖獗 | 盜賊猖獗 | dào zéi chāng jué | dao4 zei2 chang1 jue2 | The bandits are causing a lot of trouble. (idiom) | | |
| 24 | 盗贼 | 盜賊 | dào zéi | dao4 zei2 | robber | | |
| 25 | 篡贼 | 篡賊 | cuàn zéi | cuan4 zei2 | usurper | | |