偷窺

See also: 偷窥

Chinese

		to steal; to pilfer	peep; pry into
trad. (偷窺)		偷	窺
simp. (偷窥)		偷	窥

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tōukuī

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡ ㄎㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau¹ kwai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tōukuī
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡ ㄎㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: toukuei
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou¹-kʻuei¹
    • Yale: tōu-kwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: toukuei
    • Palladius: тоукуй (toukuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau¹ kwai¹
    • Yale: tāu kwāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau¹ kwai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo¹ kuei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯⁵⁵ kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵/

Verb

偷窺

1. to look secretly; to peep; to have a peek; to be a voyeur

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 偷看 (“to steal a glance (at); to peek (at); to peep (at)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		窺, 睒
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		偷看, 窺看, 偷窺, 窺視, 竊視, 竊看, 盜看
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	偷看
	Singapore	偷看
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	偷看
Central Plains Mandarin	Xining	偷看
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	偷瞄
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	偷看
Cantonese	Guangzhou	偷睇, 𥊙
	Hong Kong	偷睇, 𥊙, 𥄫
	Taishan	偷睇, 瞄
Gan	Nanchang	偷看
Hakka	Meixian	偷看
Northern Min	Jian'ou	偷覷
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	偷看, 瞕, 偷瞕
Southern Min	Xiamen	偷看, 偷䀐
	Tainan	偷看
	Shantou	偷睇
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	偷看, 裝看
Wu	Suzhou	偷看
	Hangzhou	偷看

Derived terms

• 偷窺狂／偷窥狂 (tōukuīkuáng)
• 偷窺者／偷窥者 (tōukuīzhě)