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Mythic Mandarin

偷偷 (tōu tōu): meaning and stroke order

偷偷 (tōu tōu) means stealthily, secretly, covertly, furtively, on the sly.

偷偷

Simplified
偷偷
Traditional
偷偷 (same form)
Pinyin
tōu tōu

Stroke order of 偷偷

偷

  • tōu to steal; to pilfer
  • 11 strokes

Stroke by stroke

偷

  • tōu to steal; to pilfer
  • 11 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 偷偷

  1. tōu tōu
    • stealthily
    • secretly
    • covertly
    • furtively
    • on the sly

Radicals of the characters

偷
Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 11 strokes · 亻 on the left, 俞 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

偷偷 in our stories

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  • 于是，有一天他假装出门，其实偷偷躲在门后面。

    yúshì yǒu yì tiān tā jiǎzhuāng chūmén qíshí tōutōu duǒ zài mén hòumiàn

    So one day he pretended to go out, but secretly hid behind the door.

    From the story The river-snail girl HSK 4

  • 大三那年，她偷偷报了一个周末的甜点班，每个星期六都跟家里说去图书馆。

    dàsān nà nián tā tōutōu bào le yí gè zhōumò de tiándiǎn bān měi gè xīngqīliù dōu gēn jiāli shuō qù túshūguǎn

    In her third year she secretly signed up for a weekend pastry course, and every Saturday she told her family she was going to the library.

    From the story The three-tier cake HSK 5

  • 龙王为了赢这场赌，偷偷把下雨的时间推迟了一个时辰，又少下了三寸八点。

    Lóngwáng wèile yíng zhè chǎng dǔ tōutōu bǎ xiàyǔ de shíjiān tuīchí le yí gè shíchen yòu shǎo xià le sān cùn bā diǎn

    To win the bet, the Dragon King secretly delayed the rain by one double-hour and made it three inches and eight drops less.

    From the story The Dragon King of the Jing River HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 偷偷

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).