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A Chinese Talking Syllabary of the Cantonese Dialect
NBurglar: 小偷兒 petty thief.
V(1)  To steal (oft. forming words with nn. or vbb. like a prefix meaning secretly, stealthily): 偷東西 steal things (jewelry, etc.);
偷取，偷來，例得 succeed in stealing;
我被偷了 I have been burglarized;
偷竊 [tou1qie4]↓;
偷雞摸狗 small burglar of the type of dog thieves and chicken thieves;
偷工減料 (contractors) save illegally on material and labor;
偷棺掘墓 break into tombs to rob the dead;
偷天換日 audacious scheme of cheating people;
偷龍轉鳳 secretly steal male child and substitute female child;
偷人，偷漢子 (of women) have illicit relations with men;
偷香竊玉 (of men) have illicit relations with women;
偷情，偷期 [tou1qing2], [tou1qi2]↓;
偷看，偷窺，偷眼兒 to keep, act like a Peeping Tom;
偷聽 eavesdrop;
偷嘴 steal food;
偷青 steal green crops, melons, fruit;
偷雨不偷雪，偷風不偷月 thieves steal on rainy or windy nights, not on snowy or moonlight nights;
偷寒送暖 do everything to help, see to the comfort of (friends).
(2)  To attack by surprise or at night: 偷營 night attack on camp.
(3)  To do s.t. illegally: 偷稅 smuggle, evade tax.
(4)  To steal a moment of leisure, live on borrowed time: 苟且偷生 live on without ambition;
偷安 [tou1an1]↓;
偷工夫 steal a moment;
偷空兒 ([tou1kong4er0]) 來 manage to come at what spare moments possible;
偷閒 [tou1xian2]↓.
Adj(AC) lazy, mean: 則民不偷 then the people will not be lazy or deceitful;
偷薄 mean, decadent (customs).
AdvSecretly: 偷往 go secretly;
偷著來 come secretly;
偷看書 read, consult books stealthily;
偷偷兒 [tou1tou1er0].
Words1.偷安 [tou1an1], v.i., have no higher ambition than just to get by. 
2.偷巧 [tou1qiao3], v.i., do s.t. not properly to save trouble. 
3.偷竊 [tou1qie4], v.t. & n., to steal; thievery, a thief. 
4.偷期 [tou1qi2], v.i., (MC) see [tou1qing2]↓. 
5.偷情 [tou2qing2], v.i., have illicit relations with men, women. 
6.偷空（兒） [tou1kong4]([er0]), adv., when one can get away from duties (come for a visit, etc.). 
7.偷兒 [tou1er0], n., a petty thief: 小偷兒. 
8.偷懶（兒） [tou1lan3]([tou1la3er0]), v.i., to idle or be negligent at work. 
9.偷冷的 [tou1leng3de0], adv., (coll.) unexpectedly. 
10.偷生 [tou1sheng1], v.i., live on without meaning or purpose. 
11.偷閒 [tou1xian2], v.i., spare a few moments from work to do s.t. else. 
12.偷襲 [tou1xi2], v.t., make a surprise attack on enemy (camp). 
13.偷偷（兒） [tou1tou1](’l), adv., stealthily; [tou1tou1]('l), also 偷偷摸摸的 [tou1tou1mou1mou1de0]. 
14.偷嘴 [tou1zui3], v.i., steal food. 
15.偷油兒 [tou1you2er0], adj., slippery and lazy.