竊取

See also: 窃取

Chinese

		steal; secretly; personally	to take; to get; to choose to take; to get; to choose; to fetch
trad. (竊取)		竊	取
simp. (窃取)		窃	取

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qièqǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄑㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sit³ ceoi²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiap-chhú / chhiat-chhú / chhiat-chhí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qièqǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄑㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciècyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: chʻieh⁴-chʻü³
  - Yale: chyè-chyǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiehcheu
  - Palladius: цецюй (cecjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sit³ ceoi²
  - Yale: sit chéui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sit⁸ tsoey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xid³ cêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːt̚³ t͡sʰɵy̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiap-chhú
  - Tâi-lô: tshiap-tshú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiapzhuo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiap̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰu⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiat-chhú
  - Tâi-lô: tshiat-tshú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiatzhuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiat-chhí
  - Tâi-lô: tshiat-tshí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiatchie
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰi⁵³/

Verb

竊取

to steal; to snatch; to seize; to filch

Synonyms

偷 (tōu)
偷盜 / 偷盗 (tōudào)
偷竊 / 偷窃 (tōuqiè)
撻 / 挞 (Cantonese, slang)
盜 / 盗 (dào)
盜取 / 盗取 (dàoqǔ)
盜竊 / 盗窃 (dàoqiè)
竊 / 窃 (qiè)

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

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