偷樂

Chinese

		to steal; to pilfer	music; happy; laugh music; happy; laugh; cheerful
trad. (偷樂)		偷	樂
simp. (偷乐)		偷	乐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tōulè

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡ ㄌㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau¹ lok⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tōulè
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡ ㄌㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: toulè
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou¹-lê⁴
    • Yale: tōu-lè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: touleh
    • Palladius: тоулэ (toulɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ lɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau¹ lok⁶
    • Yale: tāu lohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau¹ lok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo¹ log⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯⁵⁵ lɔːk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: thuw lak

Rime
Character	偷	樂
Reading #	1/1	3/3
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)	鐸 (103)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	託侯切	盧各切
Baxter	thuw	lak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰəu/	/lɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰəu/	/lɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰəu/	/lɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰəw/	/lak̚/
Li Rong	/tʰu/	/lɑk̚/
Wang Li	/tʰəu/	/lɑk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰə̯u/	/lɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tōu	luò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tau1	lok6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤo  [r]ˤawk/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰoː  raːwɢ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	偷	樂
Reading #	1/1	2/4
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tōu	lè
Middle Chinese	‹ thuw ›	‹ lak ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥ˁo/	/*[r]ˁawk/
English	steal	joy; enjoy
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)
Character	偷	樂
Reading #	1/1	2/3
No.	15831	7673
Phonetic component	俞	樂
Rime group	侯	藥
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	偷	落
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰoː/	/*raːwɢ/

Verb

偷樂

1. (literary) to covet pleasure; to seek a life of pleasure
2. to tittle; to giggle; to laugh up one's sleeve