毛賊

Chinese

		hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar	thief
trad. (毛賊)		毛	賊
simp. (毛贼)		毛	贼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): máozéi

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ ㄗㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ caak⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: máozéi
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄗㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: máozéi
  - Wade–Giles: mao²-tsei²
  - Yale: máu-dzéi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mautzeir
  - Palladius: маоцзэй (maoczɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡seɪ̯³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    毛賊 / 毛贼
    蟊賊 / 蟊贼
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ caak⁶
  - Yale: mòuh chaahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ tsaak⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ cag⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ t͡sʰaːk̚²/

Noun

毛賊

(derogatory) thief; robber; bandit

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 小偷 (“(petty) thief”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		賊, 盜
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		賊, 小偷, 竊賊, 盜
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	小偷兒, 賊
	Taiwan	小偷, 賊
	Harbin	小偷兒, 賊
	Shenyang	小偷兒
	Singapore	小偷, 賊
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	小偷兒, 賊
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	小偷兒, 小偷, 毛賊, 毛賊子, 賊
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	小偷兒, 賊
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	小偷兒, 賊
	Wanrong	毛賊, 賊娃子, 賊
	Zhengzhou	小偷兒, 賊
	Xi'an	賊娃子, 賊
	Xining	小偷兒, 賊娃子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	賊娃子, 賊
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	賊娃子, 賊
	Lanzhou	賊娃子
	Ürümqi	賊娃子, 賊
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	賊娃子, 賊, 偷跟兒, 偷兒
	Wuhan	強徒, 小偷
	Guiyang	小偷
	Kunming	小偷, 小毛賊, 毛賊, 小賊
	Guilin	小偷
	Guanyang	拐子
	Liuzhou	小偷
	Dagudi (Maliba)	賊
	Reshuitang (Longling)	賊
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	小偷, 賊
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	賊
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	小偷, 賊
	Yangzhou	小偷, 賊, 強盜
	Nantong	賊坯
	Hefei	小偷, 賊, 小賊
	Huanggang	三隻手
Cantonese	Guangzhou	賊仔, 賊, 賊佬, 鼠摸
	Hong Kong	賊仔, 賊, 賊佬, 鼠摸
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	賊仔
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	賊
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	賊佬
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	賊佬
	Macau	偷仔
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	賊仔
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	夜摸
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	賊仔
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	偷雞佬, 賊佬
	Foshan	鼠摸
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	鼠摸仔
	Foshan (Shunde)	偷仔
	Foshan (Sanshui)	鼠摸
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	鼠摸仔
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	偷仔
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	偷仔
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	三隻手
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	小摸
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	小摸
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	小摸
	Taishan	賊仔, 鼠摸
	Kaiping (Chikan)	小摸
	Enping (Niujiang)	小摸仔
	Heshan (Yayao)	鼠摸仔
	Dongguan	賊仔, 鼠摸 dated
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	賊仔
	Shaoguan	賊佬
	Yunfu	雪仔
	Yangjiang	鼠賊, 賊
	Xinyi	賊佬
	Lianjiang	賊佬, 賊仔
	Nanning	賊, 賊佬
	Wuzhou	賊佬
	Yulin	賊
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	賊, 夜摸
	Beihai	賊仔
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	白捏, 小偷
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	賊手
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	賊佬
	Danzhou	賊
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	小賊
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	賊仔
	Móng Cái	賊, 夜摸, 白捏
Gan	Nanchang	賊
	Lichuan	賊
	Pingxiang	賊牯
Hakka	Meixian	賊牯, 賊仔
	Xingning	賊牯佬
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	賊仔
	Huidong (Daling)	賊牯佬
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	賊佬
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	賊佬
	Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng)	賊佬
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	賊仔
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	賊哩
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	賊哩
	Wuhua (Changbu)	賊牯佬
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	賊牯佬
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	賊
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	賊佬
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	賊佬
	Liannan	賊佬
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	小偷
	Jiexi	賊
	Changting	賊牯
	Wuping	賊牯
	Wuping (Pingyu)	賊牯
	Liancheng	賊牯
	Ninghua	賊牯
	Yudu	賊牯
	Ruijin	賊牯
	Shicheng	賊牯
	Shangyou (Shexi)	賊佬, 強盜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	賊仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	賊仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	賊仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	賊
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	賊仔, 賊
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	賊
	Hong Kong	賊佬
	Luchuan	賊
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	賊佬
	Sabah (Longchuan)	賊佬
	Senai (Huiyang)	扒手
	Singkawang	賊
Huizhou	Jixi	賊骨頭, 賊, 銃手
Jin	Taiyuan	小偷兒, 賊
	Pingyao	小綹兒
	Xinzhou	賊
	Hohhot	小偷, 賊, 賊小子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	賊
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	賊囝, 賊
	Fuqing	賊, 賊囝
	Matsu	賊囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	賊仔, 鼠賊
	Quanzhou	賊仔, 鼠賊
	Jinjiang	鼠賊仔
	Yongchun	賊
	Zhangzhou	賊仔, 鼠賊, 佬賊仔
	Dongshan	賊仔
	Taipei	賊仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	賊仔
	Kaohsiung	勍仔
	Yilan	勍仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	賊仔
	Taichung	賊仔
	Tainan	賊仔
	Hsinchu	賊仔
	Kinmen	鼠賊仔
	Penghu (Magong)	賊
	Penang (Hokkien)	賊
	Singapore (Hokkien)	賊
	Manila (Hokkien)	賊, 賊仔
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	賊
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	賊
	Guilin (Biyange)	賊
	Chaozhou	鼠賊囝
	Shantou	賊, 賊囝, 鼠賊, 鼠賊囝
	Jieyang	鼠賊, 鼠賊囝
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	鼠賊囝
	Wenchang	賊囝
	Haikou	賊囝, 賊
Puxian Min	Putian	賊囝
Puxian Min	Xianyou	賊囝
Central Min	Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping)	賊
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	賊囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	賊, 小偷
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	賊, 小偷
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dongbianzhou)	賊
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	賊頭
Wu	Shanghai	賊骨頭, 賊, 小偷, 賊伯伯 humorous
	Shanghai (Chongming)	小偷, 賊
	Suzhou	賊骨頭, 賊, 賊伯伯 humorous, 小賊
	Wuxi	賊骨頭, 小偷
	Danyang	小偷, 賊, 賊老官, 做賊佬
	Hangzhou	賊骨頭, 賊
	Ningbo	賊骨頭, 小偷
	Wenzhou	小偷兒, 小偷, 賊
	Jinhua	賊骨頭, 賊, 小偷
Xiang	Changsha	賊老倌, 賊牯子, 賊
	Xiangtan	夜摸子
	Loudi	賊牯子
	Shuangfeng	賊牯子
	Quanzhou	賊