偷

Information about character(s)

Radical: 人
Radical Strokes: 2
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 11
Variants: 偸

Pronunciation

Pinyin: tōu
Cantonese: tau1
JapaneseKun: NUSUMU
JapaneseOn: CHUU TOU
Korean: THWU

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: to steal, burglar, thief

CE-Dict: to steal/to pilfer/to snatch/thief/stealthily

Soothill: [偷] Remiss; to steal; stealthy.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to steal
2.secretly
3.stealthily

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: find; glom; hookey; hooky; mooch; pilfer; secretly; steal; swipe; thieve
【法】 cop; make off with; nobble; rip; steal; thieve

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: glom; hookey; mooch; pilfer; swipe; thieve

康熙字典文字版 【子集中】【人字部】偷
【廣韻】託侯切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】他侯切，𠀤透平聲。【說文】苟且也。【左傳·昭十三年】子產曰：晉政多門，貳偷之不暇。　又【禮·表記】安肆日偷。　又【爾雅·釋言】佻也。【廣韻】盜也。【管子·形勢解】偷得利，而後有害，偷得樂，而後有憂者，聖人不爲也。又薄也。【左傳·襄三十一年】趙孟之語偷。　又叶容朱切，音余。【張衡·西京賦】敬愼威儀，示民不偷。我有嘉賔，其樂愉愉。聲敎布濩，盈溢天區。
考證：〔【爾雅·釋詁】佻也。〕　謹照原書釋詁改釋言。

CF-Dict: voler/chiper/furtivement/en cachette

Han-De-Dict: mau (u.E.) (V)/sich für etw Zeit nehmen (u.E.) (V)/stibitzen (u.E.) (V)/heimlich (u.E.) (Adj)