偷食

Chinese

		to steal; to pilfer	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (偷食)		偷	食
simp. #(偷食)		偷	食

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tōushí

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau¹ sik⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thèu-sṳ̍t

  (Meixian, Guangdong): têu¹ sed⁶

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thau-chia̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tōushí
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: toushíh
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou¹-shih²
    • Yale: tōu-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: toushyr
    • Palladius: тоуши (touši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau¹ sik⁶
    • Yale: tāu sihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau¹ sik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo¹ xig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯⁵⁵ sɪk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thèu-sṳ̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: teuˇ siid
    • Hagfa Pinyim: teu² sid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰeu̯¹¹ sɨt̚⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: têu¹ sed⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰeu⁴⁴ sət̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thau-chia̍h
    • Tâi-lô: thau-tsia̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tauciah
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰau⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰau³³ t͡siaʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰau⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siaʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siaʔ⁴/

Verb

偷食

1. (literary or Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min) to eat on the sly
2. (literary) to pilfer food; to steal and eat the food
3. (literary) to get by; to manage to survive
4. (Cantonese, figurative) to be unfaithful; to two-time

Synonyms

• 偷吃 (tōuchī)

Derived terms

• 偷食步 (thau-chia̍h-pō͘) (Min Nan)
• 擔屎唔偷食／担屎唔偷食