偷竊

See also: 偷窃

Chinese

		to steal; to pilfer	steal; secretly; personally
trad. (偷竊)		偷	竊
simp. (偷窃)		偷	窃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tōuqiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡ ㄑㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau¹ sit³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thau-chhiap / tho͘-chhiap

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tōuqiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡ ㄑㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: touciè
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou¹-chʻieh⁴
    • Yale: tōu-chyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: touchieh
    • Palladius: тоуце (touce)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau¹ sit³
    • Yale: tāu sit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau¹ sit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo¹ xid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯⁵⁵ siːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thau-chhiap
    • Tâi-lô: thau-tshiap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tauchiab
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰau³³ t͡sʰiap̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tho͘-chhiap
    • Tâi-lô: thoo-tshiap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tochiab
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiap̚³²/

Verb

偷竊

1. to steal; to commit theft; to pilfer

Synonyms

• 偷 (tōu)
• 偷盜／偷盗 (tōudào)
• 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

Derived terms

• 商店偷竊／商店偷窃 (shāngdiàn tōuqiè)