偷 tōu
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 俞 to consent, to approve
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
偷窥
tōukuī
peep; spy on
Characters in this word
窥 kuī
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 穴 — cave, den, hole
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他因长期偷窥邻居隐私而被警方依法处理。 Tā yīn chángqī tōukuī línjū yǐnsī ér bèi jǐngfāng yīfǎ chǔlǐ. He was dealt with by the police according to law for repeatedly peeping into his neighbours' privacy.
- 有人半夜透过窗缝偷窥，邻居们都很害怕。 Yǒurén bànyè tòuguò chuāngfèng tōukuī, línjūmen dōu hěn hàipà. Someone was peeping through a crack in the window at midnight, and the neighbours were all frightened.
- 偷窥他人隐私是违法的，不要这样做。 Tōukuī tārén yǐnsī shì wéifǎ de, búyào zhèyàng zuò. Peeping into other people's privacy is against the law, so don't do that.
Related words
- 偷 tōu to steal
- 偷偷 tōutōu secretly
- 小偷儿 xiǎotōur thief
- 偷懒 tōulǎn slack off; shirk work
- 玄 xuán mysterious; abstruse
- 似是而非 sìshì'érfēi specious; seemingly right but actually wrong
- 玄机 xuánjī mystery; hidden clue; secret
- 谣言 yáoyán rumour
- 寓意 yùyì implied meaning; moral; symbolism
- 误导 wùdǎo to mislead
- 蕴含 yùnhán to contain; to imply
- 歪曲 wāiqū to distort; to twist