偷 (tau1) — while away without purpose in Cantonese

tauˉ¹偷

Mandarin Pinyin: tou1

Meaning of 偷

nounwhile away without purpose

noundo something without others' knowledge; stealthily; surreptitiously

nounsteal; filch; burglarize; pilfer

nounhave an extra-marital relationship

唔怪之得廚房啲罐頭逐一逐樣噉唔見咗，原來係你鼠竊狗偷

No wonder the can foods in the kitchen has been disappearing one by one; so you are the one stealing them.

dungˊ²董sinˉ¹先saangˉ¹生tauˉ¹偷paak˗₃拍neoiˏ₅女pangˎ₄朋jauˏ₅友dikˉ¹的sapˍ₆十loiˎ₄來seoi˗₃歲dikˉ¹的neoiˏ₅女jiˎ₄兒saiˊ²洗zouˊ²澡

Mr. Dong is taking pictures of his girlfriend's teenage daughter bathing without her knowledge.

與其苟且偷生不如死

It is better to die than to drag on with such an ignoble existence.

偷𥊙佢換衫

Secretly peeped at her while she was changing clothes.

mˎ₄唔houˊ²好tauˉ¹偷zongˉ¹𥊙janˎ₄人deiˍ₆哋cungˉ¹沖loeng4,涼，jyuˎ₄如gwoˊ²果mˎ₄唔haiˍ₆係wuiˏ₅會sangˉ¹生ngaanˏ₅眼tiuˉ¹挑zam1!針！

Don't spy on people when they are showering, otherwise you'll get a stye!

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