偷渡

Chinese

		to steal; to pilfer	to cross; to pass through; to ferry
trad. (偷渡)		偷	渡
simp. #(偷渡)		偷	渡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tōudù

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡ ㄉㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau¹ dou⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thau-tō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tōudù
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡ ㄉㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: toudù
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou¹-tu⁴
    • Yale: tōu-dù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: touduh
    • Palladius: тоуду (toudu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ tu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tau¹ dou⁶
    • Yale: tāu douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau¹ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo¹ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯⁵⁵ tou̯²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 偷渡 偷盜／偷盗

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thau-tō͘
    • Tâi-lô: thau-tōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tau'do
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰau⁴⁴⁻²² tɔ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰau³³ tɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰau⁴⁴⁻²² tɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔ³³/

Noun

偷渡

1. people smuggling; illegal immigration

Verb

偷渡

1. to secretly ferry; to stowaway on a ship
2. (by extension) to illegally enter a country
3. to run a blockade

Derived terms

• 偷渡犯 (tōudùfàn)