What does 偷 (tōu | tou1) mean in Chinese?

The Chinese word

饥饿促使他偷窃。
ji1 e4 cu4 shi3 ta1 tou1 qie4.
Hunger urged him to steal.

他们把小偷绑在树上了。
ta1 men2 ba3 xiao3 tou1 bang3 zai4 shu4 shang4 liao3.
They bound the thief to a tree.

我寧願餓死，也不會去偷東西。
wo3 ning2 yuan4 e4 si3, ye3 bu4 hui4 qu4 tou1 dong1 xi1.
I would rather starve than steal.

那兩個人偷偷溜進了房子裏，給人看見了。
na4 liang3 ge4 ren2 tou1 tou1 liu1 jin4 liao3 fang2 zi3 li3, gei3 ren2 kan4 jian4 liao3.
The two men were seen to steal into the house.

今次就原諒你吧，但我不希望再看見你偷東西。
jin1 ci4 jiu4 yuan2 liang4 ni3 ba1, dan4 wo3 bu4 xi1 wang4 zai4 kan4 jian4 ni3 tou1 dong1 xi1.
I'll let you off this time, but I don't ever want to catch you stealing again.

幾位見義勇為的乘客把小偷抓住了，還把他送到了警方的手中。
ji1 wei4 jian4 yi4 yong3 wei2 de cheng2 ke4 ba3 xiao3 tou1 zhua1 zhu4 liao3, huan2 ba3 ta1 song4 dao4 liao3 jing3 fang1 de shou3 zhong1.
Some brave passengers caught the pickpocket and turned him over to the police.

警方很能明白有人偷了我的信用卡，并提了好多钱。让他们相信”有人偷了我的魔剑“要难得多。
jing3 fang1 hen3 neng2 ming2 bai2 you3 ren2 tou1 liao3 wo3 de xin4 yong4 qia3, bing4 ti2 liao3 hao3 duo1 qian2.rang4 ta1 men2 xiang1 xin4 ” you3 ren2 tou1 liao3 wo3 de mo2 jian4 “ yao4 nan2 de2 duo1.
The police are really good at understanding "Someone stole my credit card and ran up a lot of charges." It's a lot harder to get them to buy into "Someone stole my magic sword.".

哥倫布曾經在當地人偷了他的鸚鵡之後決定完全地燒毀整個村莊。因為他不能焚燒他們的水，所以他感到失望。於是他發明了氟。
ge1 lun2 bu4 zeng1 jing1 zai4 dang1 di4 ren2 tou1 liao3 ta1 de ying1 wu3 zhi1 hou4 jue2 ding4 wan2 quan2 di4 shao1 hui3 zheng3 ge4 cun1 zhuang1.yin1 wei2 ta1 bu4 neng2 fen2 shao1 ta1 men2 de shui3, suo3 yi3 ta1 gan3 dao4 shi1 wang4.yu2 shi4 ta1 fa1 ming2 liao3 fu2.
Christopher Columbus once decided to burn absolutely everything in an entire village after one of the natives stole his parrot. He was disappointed that he couldn't burn their water. So he invented fluorine.

	The Chinese word
	偷
	is pronounced
	tōu \| tou1
	means
	to steal, to pilfer

	Examples:
	饥饿促使他偷窃。 ji1 e4 cu4 shi3 ta1 tou1 qie4. Hunger urged him to steal.
	他们把小偷绑在树上了。 ta1 men2 ba3 xiao3 tou1 bang3 zai4 shu4 shang4 liao3. They bound the thief to a tree.
	我寧願餓死，也不會去偷東西。 wo3 ning2 yuan4 e4 si3, ye3 bu4 hui4 qu4 tou1 dong1 xi1. I would rather starve than steal.
	那兩個人偷偷溜進了房子裏，給人看見了。 na4 liang3 ge4 ren2 tou1 tou1 liu1 jin4 liao3 fang2 zi3 li3, gei3 ren2 kan4 jian4 liao3. The two men were seen to steal into the house.
	今次就原諒你吧，但我不希望再看見你偷東西。 jin1 ci4 jiu4 yuan2 liang4 ni3 ba1, dan4 wo3 bu4 xi1 wang4 zai4 kan4 jian4 ni3 tou1 dong1 xi1. I'll let you off this time, but I don't ever want to catch you stealing again.
	幾位見義勇為的乘客把小偷抓住了，還把他送到了警方的手中。 ji1 wei4 jian4 yi4 yong3 wei2 de cheng2 ke4 ba3 xiao3 tou1 zhua1 zhu4 liao3, huan2 ba3 ta1 song4 dao4 liao3 jing3 fang1 de shou3 zhong1. Some brave passengers caught the pickpocket and turned him over to the police.
	警方很能明白有人偷了我的信用卡，并提了好多钱。让他们相信”有人偷了我的魔剑“要难得多。 jing3 fang1 hen3 neng2 ming2 bai2 you3 ren2 tou1 liao3 wo3 de xin4 yong4 qia3, bing4 ti2 liao3 hao3 duo1 qian2.rang4 ta1 men2 xiang1 xin4 ” you3 ren2 tou1 liao3 wo3 de mo2 jian4 “ yao4 nan2 de2 duo1. The police are really good at understanding "Someone stole my credit card and ran up a lot of charges." It's a lot harder to get them to buy into "Someone stole my magic sword.".
	哥倫布曾經在當地人偷了他的鸚鵡之後決定完全地燒毀整個村莊。因為他不能焚燒他們的水，所以他感到失望。於是他發明了氟。 ge1 lun2 bu4 zeng1 jing1 zai4 dang1 di4 ren2 tou1 liao3 ta1 de ying1 wu3 zhi1 hou4 jue2 ding4 wan2 quan2 di4 shao1 hui3 zheng3 ge4 cun1 zhuang1.yin1 wei2 ta1 bu4 neng2 fen2 shao1 ta1 men2 de shui3, suo3 yi3 ta1 gan3 dao4 shi1 wang4.yu2 shi4 ta1 fa1 ming2 liao3 fu2. Christopher Columbus once decided to burn absolutely everything in an entire village after one of the natives stole his parrot. He was disappointed that he couldn't burn their water. So he invented fluorine.

	Examples sourced from tatoeba.org