盜竊

See also: 盗窃

Chinese

		steal; rob; plunder steal; rob; plunder; a thief; bandit; robber	steal; secretly; personally
trad. (盜竊)		盜	竊
simp. (盗窃)		盗	窃
anagram		竊盜／窃盗

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	盜	竊
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	屑 (87)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	徒到切	千結切
Baxter	dawH	tshet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑuH/	/t͡sʰet̚/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑuH/	/t͡sʰet̚/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑuH/	/t͡sʰɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dawH/	/t͡sʰɛt̚/
Li Rong	/dɑuH/	/t͡sʰet̚/
Wang Li	/dɑuH/	/t͡sʰiet̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱɑuH/	/t͡sʰiet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dào	qie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dou6	cit3

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	盜	竊
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dào	qiè
Middle Chinese	‹ dawH ›	‹ tshet ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]ˁaw(k)-s/	/*[tsʰ]ˁet/
English	steal	steal
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	盜	竊
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	2164	10472
Phonetic component	盜	竊
Rime group	宵	月
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	導
Old Chinese	/*daːws/	/*sʰleːd/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàoqiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄑㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶ sit³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tō͘-chhiap / tō-chhiap

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dao⁶ ciag⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàoqiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄑㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàociè
    • Wade–Giles: tao⁴-chʻieh⁴
    • Yale: dàu-chyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawchieh
    • Palladius: даоце (daoce)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou⁶ sit³
    • Yale: douh sit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ sit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou⁶ xid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² siːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō͘-chhiap
    • Tâi-lô: tōo-tshiap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doxchiab
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰiap̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō-chhiap
    • Tâi-lô: tō-tshiap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doixchiab
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /to²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiap̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dao⁶ ciag⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tău tshiak
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiak̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: dawH tshet

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]ˤaw(k)-s  [tsʰ]ˤet/

  (Zhengzhang): /*daːws  sʰleːd/

Verb

盜竊

1. to steal; to commit theft; to pilfer

   • 里域橫通，攘奪盜竊者不止。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     里域横通，攘夺盗窃者不止。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Guanzi, 5^th century BCE to 220 CE

     Lǐ yù héng tōng, rǎngduó dàoqiè zhě bù zhǐ. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 天下曉然皆知夫盜竊之人不可以為富也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     天下晓然皆知夫盗窃之人不可以为富也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE

     Tiānxià xiǎorán jiē zhī fú dàoqiè zhī rén bù kě yǐ wèi fù yě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

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• 偷 (tōu)
• 偷盜 / 偷盗 (tōudào)
• 偷竊 / 偷窃 (tōuqiè)
• 撻 / 挞 (Cantonese, slang)
• 盜 / 盗 (dào)
• 盜取 / 盗取 (dàoqǔ)
• 竊 / 窃 (qiè)
• 竊取 / 窃取 (qièqǔ)

 

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		偷, 盜, 竊
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		偷, 偷竊, 偷盜, 盜竊, 竊取
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	偷
	Taiwan	偷
	Singapore	偷
Cantonese	Guangzhou	偷, 鼠
	Hong Kong	偷, 撻, M, jam
	Taishan	偷
Hakka	Meixian	偷
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	撻
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	偷
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	偷
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	偷
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	偷
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	偷提
Southern Min	Xiamen	偷提
	Quanzhou	偷提
	Zhangzhou	偷提
	Penang (Hokkien)	偷提
	Manila (Hokkien)	偷, 偷提
	Shantou	偷

Dialectal synonyms of 偷 (“to steal”) [map]

Derived terms

• 入室盜竊 / 入室盗窃 (rùshì dàoqiè)
• 店鋪盜竊 / 店铺盗窃 (diànpù dàoqiè)
• 盜竊狂症 / 盗窃狂症 (dàoqièkuángzhèng)
• 盜竊癖 / 盗窃癖 (dàoqièpǐ)
• 身份盜竊 / 身份盗窃 (shēnfèn dàoqiè)

 

Noun

盜竊

1. (～卦) A combination 四上一下 in the Lingqijing.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (盜竊):

• → Korean: 도절(盜竊) (dojeol)