偷 tau¹ {tōu}

1. to steal
2. to pilfer
3. to snatch
4. thief
5. stealthily

偷薄 tau¹ bok⁶ {tōu bó}

to make thinner

偷步 tau¹ bou⁶ {tōu bù}

to make a false start; to jump the gun

偷車〔-车〕 tau¹ ce¹ {tōu chē}

Stealing a car

偷錢〔-钱〕 tau¹ cin² {tōu qián}

steal money

偷雞〔-鸡〕 tau¹ gai¹ {tōu jī}

(verb) to steal a chicken; (slang) to sneak out in order to do less work; to slack off; to not play by the rules

偷嘢 tau¹ je⁵ {tōu yě}

to steal something

偷越 tau¹ jyut⁶ {tōu yuè}

Cross the border slinkingly

偷師〔-师〕 tau¹ si¹ {tōu shī}

to learn the secret techniques; to make a learning request

偷食 tau¹ sik⁶ {tōu shí}

to have an affair; literally "stealing food"

偷睇 tau¹ tai² {tōu dì}

to peek

偷走 tau¹ zau² {tōu zǒu}

to escape, to run off

偷取 tau¹ ceoi² {tōu qǔ}

1. to steal
2. to abstract
3. to appropriate

偷情 tau¹ cing⁴ {tōu qíng}

to carry on a clandestine love affair

偷惰 tau¹ do⁶ {tōu duò}

1. to skive off work
2. to be lazy

偷渡 tau¹ dou⁶ {tōu dù}

1. illegal immigration
2. to stowaway (on a ship)
3. to steal across the international border
4. to run a blockade

偷盜〔-盗〕 tau¹ dou⁶ {tōu dào}

to steal

偷工 tau¹ gung¹ {tōu gōng}

1. to skimp on the job
2. to avoid work

偷閒〔-闲〕 tau¹ haan⁴ {tōu xián}

1. to snatch a moment of leisure
2. to take a break from work

偷吃 tau¹ hek³ {tōu chī}

1. to eat on the sly
2. to pilfer food
3. to be unfaithful

偷去 tau¹ heoi³ {tōu qù}

1. to steal
2. to make off with
3. stolen

偷看 tau¹ hon³ {tōu kàn}

1. to peep
2. to peek
3. to steal a glance

偷漢〔-汉〕 tau¹ hon³ {tōu hàn}

(of a woman) to take a lover

偷窺〔-窥〕 tau¹ kwai¹ {tōu kuī}

1. to peep
2. to peek
3. to act as voyeur

偷懶〔-懒〕 tau¹ laan⁵ {tōu lǎn}

1. to goof off
2. to be lazy

偷漏 tau¹ lau⁶ {tōu lòu}

to evade (taxes)

偷獵〔-猎〕 tau¹ lip⁶ {tōu liè}

to poach

偷眼 tau¹ ngaan⁵ {tōu yǎn}

to take a furtive look at

偷安 tau¹ on¹ {tōu ān}

1. to shirk responsibility
2. thoughtless pleasure-seeking

偷拍 tau¹ paak³ {tōu pāi}

to take a picture of a person without permission or without their knowledge

偷生 tau¹ sang¹ {tōu shēng}

to live without purpose

偷腥 tau¹ seng¹ {tōu xīng}

1. to cheat on one's spouse
2. to have an affair

偷稅〔-税〕 tau¹ seoi³ {tōu shuì}

tax evasion

偷竊〔-窃〕 tau¹ sit³ {tōu qiè}

1. to steal
2. to pilfer

偷笑 tau¹ siu³ {tōu xiào}

to laugh up one's sleeve

偷偷 tau¹ tau¹ {tōu tōu}

1. stealthily
2. secretly
3. covertly
4. furtively
5. on the sly

偷聽〔-听〕 tau¹ teng¹ {tōu tīng}

1. to eavesdrop
2. to monitor (secretly)

偷運〔-运〕 tau¹ wan⁶ {tōu yùn}

to smuggle

偷襲〔-袭〕 tau¹ zaap⁶ {tōu xí}

1. to mount a sneak attack
2. to raid

偷渡客 tau¹ dou⁶ haak³ {tōu dù kè}

stowaway

偷渡者 tau¹ dou⁶ ze² {tōu dù zhě}

1. smuggled illegal alien
2. stowaway

偷漢子〔-汉-〕 tau¹ hon³ zi² {tōu hàn zi}

(of a woman) to take a lover

偷窺狂〔-窥-〕 tau¹ kwai¹ kwong⁴ {tōu kuī kuáng}

1. voyeur
2. peeping tom

偷獵者〔-猎-〕 tau¹ lip⁶ ze² {tōu liè zhě}

poacher

偷呃拐騙〔---骗〕 tau¹ ak¹ gwaai² pin³ {tōu è guǎi piàn}

collective noun for robbery; swindle; kidnap or any criminal activitites

偷龍轉鳳〔-龙转凤〕 tau¹ lung⁴ zyun² fung⁶ {tōu lóng zhuǎn fèng}

secretly changing something without the realization of others

偷雞摸狗〔-鸡--〕 tau¹ gai¹ mo² gau² {tōu jī mō gǒu}

1. to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom); to dally with women
2. to have affairs

偷工減料〔--减-〕 tau¹ gung¹ gaam² liu² {tōu gōng jiǎn liào}

1. to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom)
2. jerry-building
3. sloppy work

偷香竊玉〔--窃-〕 tau¹ hoeng¹ sit³ juk⁶ {tōu xiāng qiè yù}

1. lit. stolen scent, pilfered jade (idiom); philandering
2. secret illicit sex

偷梁換柱〔--换-〕 tau¹ loeng⁴ wun⁶ cyu⁵ {tōu liáng huàn zhù}

1. lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column
2. to replace the original with a fake
3. to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)

偷偷摸摸 tau¹ tau¹ mo¹ mo¹ {tōu tōu mō mō}

1. surreptitious
2. sneaky

偷天換日〔--换-〕 tau¹ tin¹ wun⁶ jat⁶ {tōu tiān huàn rì}

1. to engage in fraudulent activities (idiom)
2. skulduggery
3. to hoodwink people
4. to cheat sb audaciously

偷食唔抹嘴 tau¹ sik⁶ m⁴ maat³ zeoi² {tōu shí ń mǒ zuǐ}

one who left evidence after cheating or conducting any unacceptable actions

偷雞唔到蝕揸米〔-鸡--食--〕 tau¹ gai¹ m⁴ dou² sit⁶ zaa¹ mai⁵ {tōu jī ń dào shí zhā mǐ}

to go out for wool and come home shorn; to expend effort trying to gain a profit and end up with nothing but losses

偷雞不成蝕把米〔-鸡--蚀--〕 tau¹ gai¹ bat¹ sing⁴ sik⁶ baa² mai⁵ {tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ}

1. lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)
2. fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off
3. to go for wool and come back shorn