Character

偷 tōu

to steal, burglar, thief

HSK 5 #1284

偷偷 tōu tōu	stealthily; secretly; covertly; furtively; on the sly
小偷 xiǎo tōu	thief
偷窃 tōu qiè	to steal; to pilfer
偷情 tōu qíng	to carry on a clandestine love affair
偷看 tōu kàn	to peep; to peek; to steal a glance
偷听 tōu tīng	to eavesdrop; to monitor (secretly)
偷窥 tōu kuī	to peep; to peek; to act as voyeur
偷偷摸摸 tōu tōu mō mō	surreptitious; sneaky
偷袭 tōu xí	to mount a sneak attack; to raid
偷拍 tōu pāi	to take a picture of a person without permission or without their knowledge
偷懒 tōu lǎn	to goof off; to be lazy
偷盗 tōu dào	to steal
偷渡 tōu dù	illegal immigration; to stowaway (on a ship); to steal across the international border; to run a blockade
偷运 tōu yùn	to smuggle
偷生 tōu shēng	to live without purpose
偷猎 tōu liè	to poach
偷工减料 tōu gōng jiǎn liào	to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom); jerry-building; sloppy work
偷渡者 tōu dù zhě	smuggled illegal alien; stowaway
偷税 tōu shuì	tax evasion
偷猎者 tōu liè zhě	poacher
偷梁换柱 tōu liáng huàn zhù	lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column; to replace the original with a fake; to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)
偷闲 tōu xián	to snatch a moment of leisure; to take a break from work; also written 偷閒\|偷闲[tou1 xian2]
偷安 tōu ān	to shirk responsibility; thoughtless pleasure-seeking
偷空 tōu kòng	to take some time out; to make use of a spare moment
惯偷 guàn tōu	habitual thief

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