偷偷

Chinese

		to steal; to pilfer	to steal; to pilfer
trad. (偷偷)		偷	偷
simp. #(偷偷)		偷	偷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tōutōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡ ㄊㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau¹ tau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tōutōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡ ㄊㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: toutou
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou¹-tʻou¹
    • Yale: tōu-tōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: toutou
    • Palladius: тоутоу (toutou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tōutōur
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡ ㄊㄡㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: toutour
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou¹-tʻou¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: tōu-tōur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: toutoul
    • Palladius: тоутоур (toutour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau¹ tau¹
    • Yale: tāu tāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau¹ tau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo¹ teo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯⁵⁵/

Adverb

偷偷

1. in secret; secretively; stealthily; without being detected

   佢偷偷地走咗喇。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   keoi⁵ tau¹ tau¹ dei^6-2 zau² zo² laa³. [Jyutping]

   He secretly left.

Synonyms

• 暗暗 (àn'àn)
• 靜悄悄／静悄悄 (jìngqiāoqiāo)
• 悄悄 (qiāoqiāo)
• (Sichuan) 陰悄悄／阴悄悄, 悄悄咪咪, 陰區區／阴区区, 陰梭陽梭／阴梭阳梭
• (Wu) 偷畔, 偷畔子

Derived terms

• 偷偷摸摸 (tōutōumōmō)