| 偷 | tōu | to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealtily |
| 偷偷 | tōu tōu | stealthily; secretly; covertly; furtively; on the sly |
| 偷税 | tōu shuì | tax evasion |
| 偷袭 | tōu xí | to sneak attack |
| 偷看 | tōu kàn | to peep; to peek; to steal a glance |
| 偷工减料 | tōu gōng jiǎn liào | to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom); jerry-building; sloppy work |
| 偷懒 | tōu lǎn | to goof off; to be lazy |
| 偷偷摸摸 | tōu tōu mō mō | surreptitious; sneaky |
| 偷听 | tōu tīng | to eavesdrop; to monitor (secretly) |
| 偷窃 | tōu qiè | to steal; to pilfer |
| 偷去 | tōu qù | to steal; to make off with; stolen |
| 偷安 | tōu ān | to shirk responsibility; thoughtless pleasure-seeking |
| 偷工 | tōu gōng | to skimp on the job; to avoid work |
| 偷情 | tōu qíng | to carry on a clandestine love affair |
| 偷惰 | tōu duò | to skive off work; to be lazy |
| 偷拍 | tōu pāi | to take a picture of a person without permission or without their knowledge |
| 偷梁换柱 | tōu liáng huàn zhù | lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column; to replace the original with a fake; to perpetrate a fraud (idiom) |
| 偷渡 | tōu dù | illegal immigration; to stowaway (on a ship); to steal across the international border; to run a blockade |
| 偷渡者 | tōu dù zhě | smuggled illegal alien; stowaway |
| 偷猎 | tōu liè | poach |
| 偷猎者 | tōu liè zhě | poacher |
| 偷生 | tōu shēng | to live without purpose |
| 偷盗 | tōu dào | to steal |
| 偷眼 | tōu yǎn | to take a furtive look at |
| 偷窥 | tōu kuī | to peep; to peek; to act as voyeur |
| 偷窥狂 | tōu kuī kuáng | voyeur; peeping tom |
| 偷运 | tōu yùn | to smuggle |
| 偷闲 | tōu xián | to snatch a moment of leisure; to take a break from work |
| 偷鸡不成蚀把米 | tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ | trying to steal a chicken, but only lost a handful of rice (common expression); having high aims, but a total failure |
| 偷鸡不着蚀把米 | tōu jī bù zháo shí bǎ mǐ | trying to steal a chicken, but only lost a handful of rice (common expression); having high aims, but a total failure |
| 偷鸡摸狗 | tōu jī mō gǒu | to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom); to dally with women; to have affairs |
| 偷香窃玉 | tōu xiāng qiè yù | lit. stolen scent, pilfered jade (idiom); philandering; secret illicit sex |
