竊	945C50   62A.42-9	部居	畫數  23	ㄑㄧㄝˋ [qie4] . [Pop. 竊]
N	Thief, burglar, -ry: 盜竊 thieves and burglars; 鼠竊 petty burglar; 行竊 commit burglary.
V	(1)  To steal: 竊取 [qie4qU3]↓; 被竊 be burglarized; 失竊 be stolen; 偷香竊玉 indulge in secret relations with women; 竊者誅，竊國者侯－莊子 (AC) who steals a hook is killed as a crook; who steals another's kingdom is made a duke. (2)  To occupy territory, office illegally (from litr. tradition that a rebel or enemy contender for the throne is always called a “thief” 賊): 竊位 usurp office or throne; 竊職，竊權 usurp office authority; 竊命 (AC) rule illegally.
adv	(1)  Secretly: 竊窺 peep at; 竊笑 laugh at secretly, sneer at; 竊查 investigate secretly. (2)  Used court. like “my humble (opinion)”: 竊思，竊意 it is my humble opinion; 竊謂 I venture to think; 竊聞 I have heard (that); 竊念 I remember gratefully (s.o. past), I feel at heart (his mother is so old, etc.).
Words	1.竊案 [qie4an4], n., a case of theft.  2.竊竊 [qie4qie4], adv., (1)  (talk, whisper) in a low voice; (2)  竊竊然知之 (AC) was clearly aware of it (＝察察).  3.竊取 [qie4qU3], v.t., to steal, obtain by stealing.  4.竊犯 [qie4fan4], n., a caught burglar.  5.竊號 [qie4hao4], v.t., usurp reign; call oneself “king,” “emperor” illegally.  6.竊據 [qie4jU4], v.t., to occupy territory, throne, illegally.  7.竊賊 [qie4zei2], n., a burglar, thief.  8.竊衣 [qie4yi1], n., (bot.) a thistle-bearing plant, Osmorhiza aristats.  竊  946B05   62A.50-1  ㄑㄧㄝˋ [qie4] . [Pop. of 竊 62A.42↑]