偷偷摸摸
Chinese
| to steal; to pilfer | to steal; to pilfer | feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to feel (one's pulse); imitate; copy |
feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to feel (one's pulse); imitate; copy | ||
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| trad. (偷偷摸摸) | 偷 | 偷 | 摸 | 摸 | |
| simp. #(偷偷摸摸) | 偷 | 偷 | 摸 | 摸 | |
| AABB-type reduplication of 偷摸 (tōumō) | |||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tōutōumōmō → tōutoumōmō (toneless variant)
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄡ ㄊㄡ ㄇㄛ ㄇㄛ → ㄊㄡ ˙ㄊㄡ ㄇㄛ ㄇㄛ (toneless variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: touto̊umomo
- Wade–Giles: tʻou1-tʻou5-mo1-mo1
- Yale: tōu-tou-mwō-mwō
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tou.toumhomho
- Palladius: тоутоумомо (toutoumomo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵⁵/ → /tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯² mu̯ɔ⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tau1 tau1 mo1 mo1
- Yale: tāu tāu mō mō
- Cantonese Pinyin: tau1 tau1 mo1 mo1
- Guangdong Romanization: teo1 teo1 mo1 mo1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɐu̯⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯⁵⁵ mɔː⁵⁵ mɔː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
偷偷摸摸