偷偷摸摸

Chinese

		to steal; to pilfer	to steal; to pilfer	feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to feel (one's pulse); imitate; copy	feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to feel (one's pulse); imitate; copy
trad. (偷偷摸摸)		偷	偷	摸	摸
simp. #(偷偷摸摸)		偷	偷	摸	摸
AABB-type reduplication of 偷摸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tōutōumōmō

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡ ㄊㄡ ㄇㄛ ㄇㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau¹ tau¹ mo¹ mo¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tōutōumōmō → tōutoumōmō (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡ ㄊㄡ ㄇㄛ ㄇㄛ → ㄊㄡ ˙ㄊㄡ ㄇㄛ ㄇㄛ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: touto̊umomo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou¹-tʻou⁵-mo¹-mo¹
    • Yale: tōu-tou-mwō-mwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tou.toumhomho
    • Palladius: тоутоумомо (toutoumomo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵⁵/ → /tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯² mu̯ɔ⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau¹ tau¹ mo¹ mo¹
    • Yale: tāu tāu mō mō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau¹ tau¹ mo¹ mo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo¹ teo¹ mo¹ mo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯⁵⁵ mɔː⁵⁵ mɔː⁵⁵/

Idiom

偷偷摸摸

1. surreptitious; furtive; sneaky

Synonyms

• (Hakka) 包包㘝㘝
• (Hokkien) 掩掩揜揜, 哩哩攝攝／哩哩摄摄