| tōu | to steal/to pilfer |
| 偷 | to steal to pilfer to snatch |
| 偷书人 | a biblioklept |
| 偷偷 | stealthily secretly covertly |
| 偷偷地 | stealthily; on (or under, by) the sly; by stealth |
| 偷偷摸摸 | surreptitious sneaky |
| 偷偷的 | stealthy; surreptitious; furtive |
| 偷去 | to steal to make off with stolen |
| 偷听 | to eavesdrop to monitor (secretly) |
| 偷嘴 | take food on the sly |
| 偷垒 | stealing; steal |
| 偷天换日 | distort the truth by despicable means; perpetrate a gigantic fraud |
| 偷奸取巧 | seize every chance to gain advantage by trickery; be opportunistic |
| 偷安 | to shirk responsibility thoughtless pleasure-seeking |
| 偷安旦夕 | to take ease at dawn and evening; to live in complacency on barely sufficient or insecure means |
| 偷工 | to skimp on the job to avoid work |
| 偷工减料 | to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom) jerry-building sloppy work |
| 偷巧 | resort to trickery to serve oneself |
| 偷带 | smuggle |
| 偷情 | to carry on a clandestine love affair |
| 偷惰 | to skive off work to be lazy |