偷 (Kangxi radical 9,人+9, 11 strokes,cangjie input人人一弓 (OOMN),four-corner28221,composition⿰亻俞)
- Kangxi Dictionary:page 112, character 3
- Dae Jaweon: page 239, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 193, character 2
- Unihan data for U+5077
| Historical forms of the character偷 |
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| Liushutong (compiled inMing) |
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| Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Transcribed ancient scripts L33701  L12183  L12184 |
References: Mostly from Richard Sears'Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: - Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
- Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
- Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
- Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
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| Old Chinese |
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| 褕 | *low, *lo |
| 偷 | *l̥ʰoː |
| 媮 | *l̥ʰoː, *lo |
| 鍮 | *l̥ʰoː |
| 緰 | *l'oː, *slo |
| 牏 | *l'oː, *l'os, *lo |
| 揄 | *l'oː, *l'oːʔ, *lu, *lo |
| 窬 | *l'oː, *l'oːs, *lo |
| 歈 | *l'oː, *lo |
| 俞 | *l̥ʰus, *lo |
| 隃 | *slo, *hljo, *hljos, *lo |
| 毹 | *sro |
| 輸 | *hljo, *hljos |
| 鄃 | *hljo, *lo |
| 腧 | *hljos |
| 逾 | *lo |
| 榆 | *lo |
| 愉 | *lo |
| 渝 | *lo |
| 瑜 | *lo |
| 蕍 | *lo |
| 覦 | *lo, *los |
| 蝓 | *lo |
| 踰 | *lo |
| 崳 | *lo |
| 羭 | *lo |
| 堬 | *lo |
| 瘉 | *lo, *loʔ |
| 萮 | *lo |
| 騟 | *lo |
| 愈 | *loʔ |
| 貐 | *loʔ |
| 喻 | *los |
| 諭 | *los |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*l̥ʰoː): semantic 亻 + phonetic 俞(OC*l̥ʰus, *lo).
Note:
- tao1 - vernacular;
- tieo1 - literary.
Note:
- thio/tho͘ - literary;
- thau - vernacular.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) |
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| Character | 偷 |
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| Reading # | 1/1 |
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) | tōu |
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Middle
Chinese | ‹ thuw › |
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Old
Chinese | /*l̥ˁo/ |
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| English | steal |
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) |
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| Character | 偷 |
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| Reading # | 1/1 |
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| No. | 15831 |
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Phonetic
component | 俞 |
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Rime
group | 侯 |
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Rime
subdivision | 0 |
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Corresponding
MC rime | 偷 |
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Old
Chinese | /*l̥ʰoː/ |
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偷
- tosteal; tosnatch
我們的錢被偷了。[MSC,trad.]
我们的钱被偷了。[MSC,simp.]- Wǒmen de qián bèitōu le.[Pinyin]
- We had our moneystolen.
扒手偷了她的皮夾子跑了。[MSC,trad.]
扒手偷了她的皮夹子跑了。[MSC,simp.]- Páshǒutōu le tā de pí jiāzǐ pǎo le.[Pinyin]
- The pickpocketpinched her purse and ran away.
- stealthily;secretly;covertly
- 偷看 ― tōukàn ― to peek; to peep
- 偷聽／偷听 ― tōutīng ― to eavesdrop
- thief;burglar
- 小偷 ― xiǎotōu ― thief
- to have an extra-maritalrelationship
- 偷情 ― tōuqíng ― adultery
- 偷腥 ― tōuxīng ― to have an affair
- 偷漢／偷汉 ― tōuhàn ― to take a lover
- towhile away without purpose; todrift along
- 偷懶／偷懒 ― tōulǎn ― to be lazy
- 偷生 ― tōushēng ― to live without purpose
- (Cantonese) toexhaust theusage ofspace
- 偷位[Cantonese] ― tau1 wai6-2[Jyutping] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 偷角度[Cantonese] ― tau1 gok3 dou6[Jyutping] ― to exhaust the camera angle
- 偷薄[Cantonese] ― tau1 bok6[Jyutping] ― to thin out (hair)
Dialectal synonyms of
偷 (“to steal”)
[map]| Variety | Location | Words |
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| Classical Chinese | 偷,盜,竊 |
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| Formal(Written Standard Chinese) | 偷,偷竊,偷盜,盜竊,竊取 |
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| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 偷 |
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| Taiwan | 偷 |
| Singapore | 偷 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 偷,鼠 |
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| Hong Kong | 偷,撻,M,jam |
| Taishan | 偷 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 偷 |
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| 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 |
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| Quanzhou | 偷提 |
| Zhangzhou | 偷提 |
| Penang(Hokkien) | 偷提 |
| Manila(Hokkien) | 偷,偷提 |
| Shantou | 偷 |
Fromon9, reinterpreted as the keystrokes inSimplified Cangjie which produces the character偷.
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偷
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internetslang, leetspeak)alternative form ofon9
- “偷”, in漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1],香港中文大學 (theChinese University of Hong Kong),2014–
- 周存[Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “偷”, in长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou:世界图书出版有限公司[World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.],→ISBN, page656.
偷
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偷:Hán Nôm readings:thầu,du,thâu
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