偷 — Chinese character
偷
tōu
to steal; burglar, thief
- Pinyin
- tōu
- Radical
- 9 ⼈ (Man)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 亻 俞
- Formation
- pictophonetic — person; meaning component 亻; sound component 俞
Common words with 偷
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 偷偷 | tōu tōu | stealthily; secretly |
| 小偷 | xiǎo tōu | thief |
| 偷拍 | tōu pāi | to photograph or film sb without their knowledge or consent |
| 偷看 | tōu kàn | to peep; to peek |
| 偷窃 (偷竊) | tōu qiè | to steal; to pilfer |
| 偷袭 (偷襲) | tōu xí | to mount a sneak attack; to raid |
| 偷渡 | tōu dù | illegal immigration; to stowaway (on a ship) |
| 偷情 | tōu qíng | to carry on a clandestine love affair |
| 偷窥 (偷窺) | tōu kuī | to peep; to peek |
| 偷懒 (偷懶) | tōu lǎn | to be lazy when effort is expected; to slack off |
| 偷盗 (偷盜) | tōu dào | to steal |
| 偷听 (偷聽) | tōu tīng | to eavesdrop; to monitor (secretly) |
English words written with 偷
偷 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Analects 1 · Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.