Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- tōu
English
- to steal, burglar, thief
- to steal
- (bound form) thief
- (bound form) secretly; on the sly
- to steal; to pilfer
- to secretly do someting
粵語
- 擅自攞走人哋嘅財物,諗住據為己有
- 趁人唔為意嘅時候做嘅行為
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 偷
- 小偷siu2 tau1
thief
- 偷師tau1 si1
to steal techniques; to learn secretly from sb else's skills or methods
- 偷偷tau1 tau1
stealthily
- 偷偷tau1 tau1
stealthily
- 偷拍tau1 paak3
to photograph or film sb without their knowledge or consent
- 偷走tau1 zau2
to escape, to run off
- 偷竊tau1 sit3
to steal
- 偷襲tau1 zaap6
to mount a sneak attack
- 偷情tau1 cing4
to carry on a clandestine love affair
- 偷笑tau1 siu3
to laugh up one's sleeve
- 偷渡tau1 dou6
illegal immigration
- 偷雞tau1 gai1
(verb) to steal a chicken; (slang) to sneak out in order to do less work; to slack off; to not play by the rules
- 偷懶tau1 laan5
to be lazy when effort is expected; to slack off
- 偷步tau1 bou6
to make a false start; to jump the gun
- 偷聽tau1 teng1
to eavesdrop
- 偷窺tau1 kwai1
to peep
- 偷食tau1 sik6
to have an affair; literally "stealing food"
- 偷薄tau1 bok6
to make thinner
- 偷閒tau1 haan4
to snatch a moment of leisure
- 偷柴tau1 caai4
to get a boner; to have an erection [colloquial]
- 偷睇tau1 tai2
to peek
- 偷嘢tau1 je5
to steal something
- 偷腥tau1 seng1
to cheat on one's spouse
- 偷跑tau1 paau2
to sneak off; to slip away