偷食步
Chinese
| to eat on the sly; to pilfer food; to steal and eat the food | a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (偷食步) | 偷食 | 步 | |
| simp. #(偷食步) | 偷食 | 步 | |
Pronunciation
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thau-chia̍h-pō͘
- Tâi-lô: thau-tsia̍h-pōo
- Phofsit Daibuun: tauciaqpo
- IPA (Xiamen): /tʰau⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ pɔ²²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰau³³ t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² pɔ⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰau⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ pɔ²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /tʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ pɔ³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ pɔ³³/
- (Hokkien)
Verb
偷食步
- (Hokkien) to seize every chance to gain advantage through trickery
- (Hokkien) to cut corners; to pull a fast one; to behave contrary to convention to gain an advantage
Synonyms
References
- “偷食步”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.