偷 (tau1 | tou1) : steal, burgle; sneak

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偷

tau1

tou1

[1] [v] steal; filch; burglarize; pilfer [2] [v] do something without others' knowledge; stealthily; surreptitiously [3] [v] while away without purpose [4] [v] have an extra-marital relationship

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 亻 (#9)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

偷

Don't confuse with:
倫

This word has been viewed 11405 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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偷聽 tau1 teng1 tou1 ting1 = to eavesdrop

偷睇 tau1 tai2 = to peek, to peep 粵

偷看 tau1 hon3 tou1 kan4 = to peek 國

偷步 tau1 bou6 tou1 bu4 = false start

小偷 siu2 tau1 xiao3 tou1 = a thief

偷情 tau1 cing4 tou1 qing2 = adultery, extramarital relationship, illicit relationship

偷懶 tau1 laan5 tou1 lan3 = lazy

擔屎唔偷食 daam1 si2 m4 tau1 sik6 = very honest 粵

偷雞 tau1 gai1 tou1 ji1 = to do less work; to sneak away from doing work 粵

偷偷 tau1 tau1 tou1 tou1 = stealthily; furtively; covertly; secretly; on the sly
See all 47 compounds (CantoDict reports 48 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 7 examples containing 偷

佢偷公司錢﹐結果冇咗份工。粵
He stole money from the company and has, consequently, lost his job.
[Compared with English version, a typical Cantonese sentence does not need article (the), pronoun (his), preposition (from), and conjunction (and). But it needs a classifier (份) not found in English version. ]

唔怪之得廚房啲罐頭逐一逐樣噉唔見咗，原來係你鼠竊狗偷粵
No wonder the can foods in the kitchen has been disappearing one by one; so you are the one stealing them.

董先生偷拍女朋友的十來歲的女兒洗澡國
Mr. Dong is taking pictures of his girlfriend's teenage daughter bathing without her knowledge.

與其苟且偷生不如死
It is better to die than to drag on with such an ignoble existence.

偷𥊙佢換衫粵
Secretly peeped at her while she was changing clothes.

唔好偷𥊙人哋沖涼，如果唔係會生眼挑針！粵 ?!
Don't spy on people when they are showering, otherwise you'll get a stye!
[There is an old wives' tale linking styes to spying on people when they are bathing.]

直覺話我知﹐錢係佢偷嘅。粵
I have a gut feeling that he stole the money.
[The two nouns "feeling" and "money" could be placed ahead of the two pronouns "I" and "he" respectively in the Cantonese version.]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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