偷拍
tōu pāi
Pinyin

Definition

偷拍
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tōu pāi
  1. to take a picture of a person without permission or without their knowledge

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

偷
tōu
  1. 1 to steal
  2. 2 to pilfer
  3. 3 to snatch
  4. 4 thief
  5. 5 stealthily
偷偷
tōu tōu
  1. 1 stealthily
  2. 2 secretly
  3. 3 covertly
  4. 4 furtively
  5. 5 on the sly
拍
pāi
  1. 1 to pat
  2. 2 to clap
  3. 3 to slap
  4. 4 to swat
  5. 5 to take (a photo)
  6. 6 to shoot (a film)
  7. 7 racket (sports)
  8. 8 beat (music)
偷吃
tōu chī
  1. 1 to eat on the sly
  2. 2 to pilfer food
  3. 3 to be unfaithful
偷情
tōu qíng
  1. 1 to carry on a clandestine love affair
偷懒
tōu lǎn
  1. 1 to goof off
  2. 2 to be lazy
偷拍
tōu pāi
  1. 1 to take a picture of a person without permission or without their knowledge
偷笑
tōu xiào
  1. 1 to laugh up one's sleeve
偷闲
tōu xián
  1. 1 to snatch a moment of leisure
  2. 2 to take a break from work
  3. 3 also written 偷閒|偷闲[tōu xián]
实拍
shí pāi
  1. 1 candid photograph
  2. 2 genuine photograph (not set up or doctored)
小偷
xiǎo tōu
  1. 1 thief
抓拍
zhuā pāi
  1. 1 to capture (an image)
  2. 2 to snap (a photo)
拍出
pāi chū
  1. 1 to sell at auction
  2. 2 to reach a given price at auction
拍戏
pāi xì
  1. 1 to shoot a movie
拍打
pāi da
  1. 1 to pat
  2. 2 to slap
  3. 3 (of a bird) to flap (one's wings)
拍拖
pāi tuō
  1. 1 (dialect) to date sb
拍摄
pāi shè
  1. 1 to film
  2. 2 to shoot (a picture)
拍案
pāi àn
  1. 1 lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc)
  2. 2 fig. astonishing!, wonderful!, dreadful! etc
拍照
pāi zhào
  1. 1 to take a picture
拍卖
pāi mài
  1. 1 to auction
  2. 2 auction sale
  3. 3 to sell at a reduced price

Idioms (17)

一拍两散
yī pāi liǎng sàn
  1. 1 (of marriage or business partners) to break up (idiom)
  2. 2 to separate
一拍即合
yī pāi jí hé
  1. 1 lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom)
  2. 2 to hit it off
  3. 3 to click together
  4. 4 to chime in easily
偷天换日
tōu tiān huàn rì
  1. 1 to engage in fraudulent activities (idiom)
  2. 2 skulduggery
  3. 3 to hoodwink people
  4. 4 to cheat sb audaciously
偷工减料
tōu gōng jiǎn liào
  1. 1 to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom)
  2. 2 jerry-building
  3. 3 sloppy work
偷梁换柱
tōu liáng huàn zhù
  1. 1 lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column
  2. 2 to replace the original with a fake
  3. 3 to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)
偷鸡不成蚀把米
tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ
  1. 1 lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off
  3. 3 to go for wool and come back shorn
偷鸡摸狗
tōu jī mō gǒu
  1. 1 to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom)
  2. 2 to pilfer
  3. 3 to dally with women
  4. 4 to have affairs
偷香窃玉
tōu xiāng qiè yù
  1. 1 lit. stolen scent, pilfered jade (idiom); philandering
  2. 2 secret illicit sex
忍垢偷生
rěn gòu tōu shēng
  1. 1 to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)
忍辱偷生
rěn rǔ tōu shēng
  1. 1 to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)
拍案叫绝
pāi àn jiào jué
  1. 1 lit. slap the table and shout with praise (idiom); fig. wonderful!
  2. 2 amazing!
  3. 3 great!
拍案而起
pāi àn ér qǐ
  1. 1 lit. to slap the table and stand up (idiom); fig. at the end of one's tether
  2. 2 unable to take it any more
拍案惊奇
pāi àn jīng qí
  1. 1 to slap the table in amazement (idiom); wonderful!
  2. 2 amazing!
溜须拍马
liū xū pāi mǎ
  1. 1 to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants
  2. 2 to toady
  3. 3 boot-licking
苟且偷安
gǒu qiě tōu ān
  1. 1 seeking only ease and comfort (idiom); making no attempt to improve oneself
  2. 2 taking things easily without attending to responsibilities
苟且偷生
gǒu qiě tōu shēng
  1. 1 to drift and live without purpose (idiom); to drag out an ignoble existence
凿壁偷光
záo bì tōu guāng
  1. 1 lit. to pierce the wall to steal a light (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to study diligently in the face of hardship

Sample Sentences

是啊，前几天不是有个新闻说，有个猥琐男假装捡东西，蹲下来偷拍什么的。
shì a ，qiánjǐtiān bùshì yǒu gè xīnwén shuō ，yǒu gè wěisuǒ nán jiǎzhuāng jiǎn dōngxi ，dūn xiàlai tōupāi shénme de 。
Yeah. There was an article in the news the last few days about this creepy guy who would squat down pretending to pick things up but would actually be taking pictures and stuff.
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