steal; rob; plunder steal; rob; plunder; a thief; bandit; robber | steal; secretly; personally | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad.(盜竊) | 盜 | 竊 | |
| simp.(盗窃) | 盗 | 窃 | |
| anagram | 竊盜／窃盗 | ||
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 盜 | 竊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) | 清 (14) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) | 屑 (87) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | IV |
| Fanqie | 徒到切 | 千結切 |
| Baxter | dawH | tshet |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /dɑuH/ | /t͡sʰet̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /dɑuH/ | /t͡sʰet̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dɑuH/ | /t͡sʰɛt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /dawH/ | /t͡sʰɛt̚/ |
| Li Rong | /dɑuH/ | /t͡sʰet̚/ |
| Wang Li | /dɑuH/ | /t͡sʰiet̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /dʱɑuH/ | /t͡sʰiet̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dào | qie |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | dou6 | cit3 |
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 盜 | 竊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | dào | qiè |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dawH › | ‹ tshet › |
| Old Chinese | /*[d]ˁaw(k)-s/ | /*[tsʰ]ˁet/ |
| English | steal | steal |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | ||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 盜 | 竊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 2164 | 10472 |
| Phonetic component | 盜 | 竊 |
| Rime group | 宵 | 月 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 導 | |
| Old Chinese | /*daːws/ | /*sʰleːd/ |
盜竊
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 偷,盜,竊 | |
| Formal(Written Standard Chinese) | 偷,偷竊,偷盜,盜竊,竊取 | |
| Northeastern 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 | |
| Manila(Hokkien) | 偷,偷提 | |
| Shantou | 偷 | |
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