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 11433 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

偷偷地 tau1 tau1 dei2 tou1 tou1 de5 = stealthily; furtively; covertly; secretly; on the sly

偷渡 tau1 dou6 tou1 du4 = to run a blockade; come to a country illegally

偷稅 tau1 seoi3 tou1 shui4 = to avoid paying taxes; tax evasion

偷竊 tau1 sit3 tou1 qie4 = to steal; to pilfer; theft; pilferage

偷工減料 tau1 gung1 gaam2 liu6*2 = jerry-build; to do shoddy work and use inferior material

偷笑 tau1 siu3 tou1 xiao4 = a secret laugh; laugh in one's beard; titter

偷走 tau1 zau2 = spirit away; walk off with; run, flee 粵

偷薄 tau1 bok6 = mean; decadent (customs); thin out hair

偷錢 tau1 cin4*2 = finger in

偷渡客 tau1 dou6 haak3 = stowaway

偷嘢 tau1 je5 = to steal 粵

偷渡者 tau1 dou6 ze2 tou1 du4 zhe3 = a stowaway (on a ship)

偷獵 tau1 lip6 tou1 lie4 = to poach; hunt illegally

偷獵者 tau1 lip6 ze2 tou1 lie4 zhe3 = poacher (one who hunts illegally)

偷懶的人員 tau1 laan5 dik1 jan4 jyun4 = shirker 國

偷襲 tau1 zaap6 tou1 xi2 = to sneak attack

偷拍 tau1 paak3 tou1 pai1 = to take pictures of a person without his knowing; taking picture from a hidden camera

偷呃拐騙 tau1 aak1 gwaai2 pin3 = stealing, cheating, swindling 粵

偷窺 tau1 kwai1 = to peep

偷窺狂 tau1 kwai1 kong4 = peeping tom 粵

偷窺亞伯 tau1 kwai1 aa3 baak6 = peeping old man 粵

擔屎都唔偷食 daam1 si2 dou1 m4 tau1 sik6 = to be completely trustworthy (lit., "to carry crap and not eat it") 粵

忙裏偷閒 mong4 leoi5 tau1 haan4 mang2 li3 tou1 xian2 = find some free time in one's busyness

偷食唔抹嘴 tau1 sik6 m4 maat3 zeoi2 = leave evidence after cheating 粵

鼠竊狗偷 syu2 sit3 gau2 tau1 shu3 qie4 gou3 tou1 = petty theft

偷惰 tau1 do6 tou1 duo4 = to skive off work; to be lazy

偷工 tau1 gung1 tou1 gong1 = to skimp on the job; to avoid work

偷𥊙 tau1 zong1 = secretly peep 粵

偷食 tau1 sik6 = cheat on one's spouse 粵

偷師 tau1 si1 tou1 shi1 = to secretly observe and learn from sb. else without them knowing 粵

白狗偷食，黑狗當災 baak6 gau2 tau1 sik6, hak1 gau2 dong1 zoi1 bai2 gou3 tou1 shi2, hei1 gou3 dang1 zai1 = be wrongly blamed for sth. one didn't do; take the blame for sb. else's misdeed 粵

衰過偷貓 seoi1 gwo3 tau1 maau1 shuai1 guo4 tou1 mao1 = nastier than somone who steals cats; very bad; very nasty 粵

偷香竊玉 tau1 hoeng1 sit3 juk6 tou1 xiang1 qie4 yu4 = to womanize; to philander; to mess around with women

偷偷摸摸 tau1 tau1 mo2 mo2 tou1 tou1 mo1 mo1 = furtively; surreptitiously

偷雞唔到蝕拃米 tau1 gai1 m4 dou3*2 sit6 zaa6*1 mai5 = go for wool and come home shorn 粵

苟且偷生 gau2 ce2 tau1 sang1 gou3 qie3 tou1 sheng1 = disgracefully stay alive

偷龍轉鳳 tau1 lung4 zyun2 fung6 = make a secret substitution; secretly steal a male child and substitute a female child 粵

偷聽別人談話 tau1 teng1 bit6 jan4 taam4 waa6 = eavesdropping on private conversations (common formation)

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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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