偷閒
See also: 偷闲
Chinese
| to steal; to pilfer | idle; interstice; separate | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (偷閒/偷閑) | 偷 | 閒/閑 | |
| simp. (偷闲) | 偷 | 闲 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): tau1 haan4
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thio-hân / thau-êng / tho͘-hân
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tōuxián
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄡ ㄒㄧㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tousián
- Wade–Giles: tʻou1-hsien2
- Yale: tōu-syán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: toushyan
- Palladius: тоусянь (tousjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tau1 haan4
- Yale: tāu hàahn
- Cantonese Pinyin: tau1 haan4
- Guangdong Romanization: teo1 han4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɐu̯⁵⁵ haːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thio-hân
- Tâi-lô: thio-hân
- Phofsit Daibuun: tioi'haan
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰio³³ han²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thau-êng
- Tâi-lô: thau-îng
- Phofsit Daibuun: tau'eeng
- IPA (Taipei): /tʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ iɪŋ²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ iɪŋ²³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tho͘-hân
- Tâi-lô: thoo-hân
- Phofsit Daibuun: to'haan
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔ⁴⁴⁻²² han¹³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔ⁴⁴⁻²² han²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
Verb
偷閒
Synonyms
- (to find time):
- (to be lazy):
Dialectal synonyms of 偷懶 (“to slack off; to lie down on the job”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 偷懶, 躲懶, 偷閒 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 躲懶兒, 偷懶兒, 脫懶兒 |
| Taiwan | 偷懶 | |
| Singapore | 偷懶 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 躲懶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 躲懶, 隑懶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 躲懶, 放蛇, 偷雞 |
| Hong Kong | 偷懶, 蛇王, 吞泡 | |
| Dongguan | 偷雞 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 偷懶 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 偷嫽 |
| Xingning | 偷嫽, 怠懶 | |
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 偷嫽 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 偷懶 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 躲懶 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 想惰 |
| Zhangzhou | 想惰, 想死 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 食蛇 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 食蛇 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 偷懶 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 迓皮, 躲迓避 |
| Suzhou | 偷私乖 | |