偷盜

Chinese

		to steal; to pilfer	steal; rob; plunder steal; rob; plunder; a thief; bandit; robber
trad. (偷盜)		偷	盜
simp. (偷盗)		偷	盗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tōudào

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡ ㄉㄠˋ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tōudào
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: toudào
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou¹-tao⁴
    • Yale: tōu-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: toudaw
    • Palladius: тоудао (toudao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• 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: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thau-tō͘
    • Tâi-lô: thau-tōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tau'do
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰau³³ tɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thau-tō
    • Tâi-lô: thau-tō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tau'doi
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰau⁴⁴⁻²² to²²/

Verb

偷盜

1. to steal; to commit theft; to pilfer

Synonyms

• 偷 (tōu)
• 偷竊／偷窃 (tōuqiè)
• 撻／挞 (Cantonese, slang)
• 盜／盗 (dào)
• 盜竊／盗窃 (dàoqiè)
• 竊／窃 (qiè)
• 竊取／窃取 (qièqǔ)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 偷 (“to steal”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		偷, 盜, 竊
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		偷, 偷竊, 偷盜, 盜竊, 竊取
Mandarin	Beijing	偷
	Taiwan	偷
	Singapore	偷
Cantonese	Guangzhou	偷, 鼠
	Hong Kong	偷, 撻, M, jam
	Taishan	偷
Hakka	Meixian	偷
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	撻
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	偷
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	偷
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	偷
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	偷
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	偷提
Southern Min	Xiamen	偷提
	Quanzhou	偷提
	Zhangzhou	偷提
	Penang (Hokkien)	偷提
	Shantou	偷

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (偷盜):

• → Japanese: 偸盗(ちゅうとう) (chūtō)