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偷

tōu

HSK 5 Character

What 偷 means

1. to steal
2. to pilfer
3. to snatch
4. thief
5. stealthily

Example sentences

• 你在偷听。
  Nǐ zài tōutīng.
  You were eavesdropping.
• 小偷跑了。
  The thief ran away.
• 注意小偷。
  Beware of thieves.
• 她偷东西。
  She steals.
• 谁偷了苹果？
  Who stole the apple?
• 他偷偷做的。
  He did that on the quiet.

Words starting with 偷

• 偷偷tōu tōustealthily; secretly; covertly
• 偷看tōu kànto peep; to peek; to steal a glance
• 偷懒tōu lǎnto goof off; to be lazy
• 偷渡tōu dùillegal immigration; to stowaway (on a ship); to steal across the international border
• 偷袭tōu xíto mount a sneak attack; to raid
• 偷情tōu qíngto carry on a clandestine love affair
• 偷听tōu tīngto eavesdrop; to monitor (secretly)
• 偷窃tōu qièto steal; to pilfer
• 偷偷摸摸tōu tōu mō mō(idiom) surreptitious; sneaky
• 偷盗tōu dàoto steal
• 偷税tōu shuìtax evasion
• 偷工减料tōu gōng jiǎn liàoto skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom); jerry-building; sloppy work
• 偷眼tōu yǎnto take a furtive look at
• 偷去tōu qùto steal; to make off with; stolen
• 偷换tōu huànto substitute on the sly
• 偷人tōu rén(of a married woman) to cheat on her husband; to have an affair
• 偷加tōu jiāto surreptitiously add (sth that shouldn't be there)
• 偷取tōu qǔto steal
• 偷吃tōu chīto eat on the sly; to pilfer food; to be unfaithful
• 偷子tōu zithief
• 偷安tōu ānto shirk responsibility; thoughtless pleasure-seeking
• 偷工tōu gōngto skimp on the job; to avoid work
• 偷师tōu shīto steal techniques; to learn secretly from sb else's skills or methods
• 偷拍tōu pāito photograph or film sb without their knowledge or consent

Words containing 偷

• 小偷xiǎo tōuthief
• 忙里偷闲máng lǐ tōu xián(idiom) to snatch a moment of leisure in the midst of a busy schedule
• 惯偷guàn tōuhabitual thief
• 神偷shén tōumaster thief
• 小偷儿xiǎo tōu rerhua form of 小偷
• 小偷小摸xiǎo tōu xiǎo mōto engage in petty theft
• 忍辱偷生rěn rǔ tōu shēngto bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)
• 不偷不抢bù tōu bù qiǎngto be law-abiding (idiom)
• 猴子偷桃hóu zi tōu táo"monkey steals the peach" (martial arts), distracting an opponent with one hand and…
• 凿壁偷光záo bì tōu guānglit. to pierce the wall to steal a light (idiom); fig. to study diligently in the face of…
• 苟且偷安gǒu qiě tōu ānseeking only ease and comfort (idiom); making no attempt to improve oneself…
• 苟且偷生gǒu qiě tōu shēngto drift and live without purpose (idiom); to drag out an ignoble existence
• 不怕贼偷就怕贼惦记bù pà zéi tōu jiù pà zéi diàn jìmuch worse than having something stolen is when a thief has you in his sights (idiom)

Characters that look like 偷

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 涂túto apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub
• 愉yúpleased
• 傲àoproud; arrogant; to despise
• 逾yúto exceed; to go beyond; to transcend
• 捺nàto press down firmly; to suppress; right-falling stroke in Chinese characters…
• 揄yúto draw out; to let hanging

Sounds the same

Read tōu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 媮improper; irregular
• 偸variant of 偷