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Jyutping tau1 tau1
Pinyin tōu tōu

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. stealthily
  2. secretly
  3. covertly
  4. furtively
  5. on the sly
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 副詞
    暗中​行動​;​喺​人​唔​察​覺​時​做
    stealthily; secretly
    • 佢偷偷行出間房。
      佢偷偷行出间房。
      keoi5 tau1 tau1 haang4 ceot1 gaan1 fong4.
      He left the room secretly.
    • 你鍾意我呀?做咩成日偷偷望住我?
      你钟意我呀?做咩成日偷偷望住我?
      nei5 zung1 ji3 ngo5 aa4? zou6 me1 seng4 jat6 tau1 tau1 mong6 zyu6 ngo5?
      Do you like me? Why do you always peek at me?
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adv
    in secret; secretively; stealthily; without being detected
    (syn.) 偷畔, 阴区区, 静悄悄, 悄悄, 暗暗, 悄悄咪咪, 阴梭阳梭, 偷畔子, 陰梭陽梭, 靜悄悄, 陰區區, 陰悄悄, 阴悄悄
    • 佢偷偷地走咗喇。
      佢偷偷地走咗喇。
      keoi5 tau1 tau1 dei2 zau2 zo2 laa3.
      He secretly left.
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 五级词汇表 #769
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    那两个人偷偷溜进了房子里,给人看见了。
    那兩個人偷偷溜進了房子裏,給人看見了。
    nà liǎng gè rén tōu tōu liū jìn le fáng zi lǐ , gěi rén kàn jiàn le 。
    • The two men were seen to steal into the house.
  2. Mandarin
    他偷偷做的。
    他偷偷做的。
    tā tōu tōu zuò de 。
    • He did that on the quiet.
    • He did it on the sly.
  3. Mandarin
    他一看见我就偷偷走了。
    他一看見我就偷偷走了。
    tā yī kàn jiàn wǒ jiù tōu tōu zǒu le 。
    • He ran away as soon as he saw me.
  4. Mandarin
    看到老师穿反了衣服,学生们偷偷笑了。
    看到老師穿反了衣服,學生們偷偷笑了。
    kàn dào lǎo shī chuān fǎn le yī fu , xué sheng men tōu tōu xiào le 。
    • The students laughed under their breath when they saw that the teacher had put on his sweater backwards.
  5. Mandarin
    我的车被小偷偷走了。
    我的車被小偷偷走了。
    wǒ de chē bèi xiǎo tōu tōu zǒu le 。
    • My car was stolen by a thief.
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    𠮶两个人偷偷地入咗间屋,俾人见到咗。
    嗰兩個人偷偷地入咗間屋,俾人見到咗。
    go2 loeng5 go3 jan4 tau1 tau1 dei6 jap6 zo2 gaan1 uk1 , bei2 jan4 gin3 dou3 zo2 。
    • The two men were seen to steal into the house.
    • Those two men sneaked into the house and were seen by someone.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    做嘢要光明正大,唔好偷偷摸摸。
    做嘢要光明正大,唔好偷偷摸摸。
    zou6 je5 jiu3 gwong1 ming4 zing3 daai6, m4 hou2 tau1 tau1 mo1 mo1.
    • Don't be surreptitious, we should play fair and square.
  2. Cantonese
    佢偷偷行出间房。
    佢偷偷行出間房。
    keoi5 tau1 tau1 haang4 ceot1 gaan1 fong4.
    • He left the room secretly.
  3. Cantonese
    你钟意我呀?做咩成日偷偷望住我?
    你鍾意我呀?做咩成日偷偷望住我?
    nei5 zung1 ji3 ngo5 aa4? zou6 me1 seng4 jat6 tau1 tau1 mong6 zyu6 ngo5?
    • Do you like me? Why do you always peek at me?
  4. Cantonese
    你负责睇水,我哋会偷偷哋入去。有人嚟就用对讲机话我哋知啦。
    你負責睇水,我哋會偷偷哋入去。有人嚟就用對講機話我哋知啦。
    nei5 fu6 zaak3 tai2 seoi2, ngo5 dei6 wui5 tau1 tau1 dei2 jap6 heoi3. jau5 jan4 lei4 zau6 jung6 deoi3 gong2 gei1 waa6 ngo5 dei6 zi1 laa1.
    • You keep watch, and we will sneak in. Warn us on the walkie-talkie if anyone comes.
  5. Cantonese
    你负责做天文台,我哋会偷偷哋入去。有人嚟就用对讲机话我哋知啦。
    你負責做天文台,我哋會偷偷哋入去。有人嚟就用對講機話我哋知啦。
    nei5 fu6 zaak3 zou6 tin1 man4 toi4, ngo5 dei6 wui5 tau1 tau1 dei2 jap6 heoi3. jau5 jan4 lai4 zau6 jung6 deoi3 gong2 gei1 waa6 ngo5 dei6 zi1 laa1
    • You'll be the watchman, and we will sneak in. Warn us on the walkie-talkie if anyone comes.
Examples (None)
  1. Cantonese
    喺公司发展地下情,返工对住又唔认得,偷偷摸摸好辛苦。
    喺公司發展地下情,返工對住又唔認得,偷偷摸摸好辛苦。
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Cantonese
    佢偷偷地走咗喇。
    佢偷偷地走咗喇。
    keoi5 tau1 tau1 dei2 zau2 zo2 laa3.
    • He secretly left.
  2. Mandarin
    我的车被小偷偷走了。
    我的車被小偷偷走了。
    wǒ de chē bèi xiǎo tōu tōu zǒu le .
    • My car was stolen by a thief.
  3. Mandarin
    如果你没有“Gay达”的话,那只好偷偷观察她的生活细节
    如果你沒有“Gay達”的話,那隻好偷偷觀察她的生活細節
    rú guǒ nǐ méi yǒu “ gaydá ” de huà , nà zhǐ hǎo tōu tōu guān chá tā de shēng huó xì jié
    • You can only secretly observe her daily activities if you don't have a “gaydar”
  4. Cantonese
    奀妹今天密约佢相会 偷偷叫句“情哥”
    奀妹今天密约佢相会 偷偷叫句“情哥”
    ngan1 mui1 gam1 tin1 mat6 joek3 keoi5 soeng1 wui6, tau1 tau1 giu3 geoi3 “cing4 go1”
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