tōu

to steal

to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily

person (亻) + phonetic (俞) = a person who steals stealthily

俞 gives the sound tōu; the person radical (亻) anchors the meaning — this is a human act, done in secret.

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PersonSemantic
A surname and classical affirmative wordPhonetic

有人了我的钱包。

yǒu rén tōu le wǒ de qián bāo。

Someone stole my wallet.

偷地看了她一眼。

tā tōu tōu de kàn le tā yī yǎn。

He stealthily glanced at her.

Words with 偷

凿壁偷光

záo bì tōu guāng

lit. to pierce the wall to steal a light (idiom)

不偷不抢

bù tōu bù qiǎng

to be law-abiding (idiom)

不怕贼偷就怕贼惦记

bù pà zéi tōu jiù pà zéi diàn jì

much worse than having something stolen is when a thief has you in his sights (idiom)

偷漏

tōu lòu

to evade (taxes)

偷渡者

tōu dù zhě

smuggled illegal alien

偷人

tōu rén

(of a married woman) to cheat on her husband; to have an affair

偷偷

tōu tōu

stealthily

偷偷摸摸

tōu tōu mō mō

(idiom) surreptitious; sneaky

偷窥

tōu kuī

to peep

偷加

tōu jiā

to surreptitiously add (sth that shouldn't be there)

偷去

tōu qù

to steal

偷取

tōu qǔ

to steal

More characters with 亻