Beware of thieves.
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偷
tōu
HSK 3.0 · 5
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tōu · tau1 (Jyutping)
- to steal
- (bound form) thief
- (bound form) secretly; on the sly
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Character breakdown
偷
- Meaning
- to steal, burglar, thief
- Radical
- 亻
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- ⿰亻俞
- Cangjie
- OOMN
- Four-corner
- 2822.1
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Example sentences
The thief ran away.
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