小偷
xiǎo tōu
Pinyin

Definition

小偷
 - 
xiǎo tōu
  1. thief

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

小
xiǎo
  1. 1 small
  2. 2 tiny
  3. 3 few
  4. 4 young
小时
xiǎo shí
  1. 1 hour
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
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
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
大小
dà xiǎo
  1. 1 dimension
  2. 2 magnitude
  3. 3 size
  4. 4 measurement
  5. 5 large and small
  6. 6 at any rate
  7. 7 adults and children
  8. 8 consideration of seniority
小丑
xiǎo chǒu
  1. 1 clown
小事
xiǎo shì
  1. 1 trifle
  2. 2 trivial matter
  3. 3 CL:點|点[diǎn]
小伙
xiǎo huǒ
  1. 1 young guy
  2. 2 lad
  3. 3 youngster
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
小伙子
xiǎo huǒ zi
  1. 1 young man
  2. 2 young guy
  3. 3 lad
  4. 4 youngster
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
小便
xiǎo biàn
  1. 1 to urinate
  2. 2 to pass water
  3. 3 urine
小偷
xiǎo tōu
  1. 1 thief
小区
xiǎo qū
  1. 1 neighborhood
  2. 2 district
小吃
xiǎo chī
  1. 1 snack
  2. 2 refreshments
  3. 3 CL:家[jiā]
小品
xiǎo pǐn
  1. 1 short, simple literary or artistic creation
  2. 2 essay
  3. 3 skit
小型
xiǎo xíng
  1. 1 small scale
  2. 2 small size
小妹
xiǎo mèi
  1. 1 little sister
  2. 2 girl
  3. 3 (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc)
小姐
xiǎo jie
  1. 1 young lady
  2. 2 miss
  3. 3 (slang) prostitute
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]

Idioms (20)

上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
  1. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation
不拘小节
bù jū xiǎo jié
  1. 1 to not bother about trifles (idiom)
以小人之心，度君子之腹
yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù
  1. 1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
以小挤大
yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà
  1. 1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
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
升斗小民
shēng dǒu xiǎo mín
  1. 1 poor people (idiom)
  2. 2 those who live from hand to mouth
因小失大
yīn xiǎo shī dà
  1. 1 to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom)
大事化小，小事化了
dà shì huà xiǎo , xiǎo shì huà liǎo
  1. 1 to turn big problems into small ones, and small problems into no problems at all (idiom)
大材小用
dà cái xiǎo yòng
  1. 1 using a talented person in an insignificant position (idiom)
  2. 2 a sledgehammer to crack a nut
大处着眼，小处着手
dà chù zhuó yǎn , xiǎo chù zhuó shǒu
  1. 1 think of the big picture, start with the little things (idiom)
大街小巷
dà jiē xiǎo xiàng
  1. 1 great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
大惊小怪
dà jīng xiǎo guài
  1. 1 to make a fuss about nothing (idiom)
小不忍则乱大谋
xiǎo bù rěn zé luàn dà móu
  1. 1 (idiom) great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience
小人得志
xiǎo rén dé zhì
  1. 1 lit. a vile character flourishes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. an inferior person gets into a position of power, becoming conceited and arrogant
小作怡情，大作伤身
xiǎo zuò yí qíng , dà zuò shāng shēn
  1. 1 a little bit of it does one good, but carried to excess it's harmful (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我在吃蛋糕的时候，他说我是小偷，可是我不知道为什么。
wǒ zài chī dàngāo de shíhou ，tā shuō wǒ shì xiǎotōu ，kěshì wǒ bù zhīdào wèishénme 。
When I was eating cake, he said I was a thief, but I didn't know why.
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你的才在冰箱里！桌上的那个是我的！你这个小偷！
nǐ de cái zài bīngxiāng lǐ ！zhuō shàng de nàge shì wǒ de ！nǐ zhè ge xiǎotōu ！
Yours was the one in the fridge! The one on the table was mine! You thief!
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该不会是遭小偷了吧？快看看少了什么没有！
gāi búhuì shì zāo xiǎotōu le ba ？kuài kàn kan shǎo le shénme méiyǒu ！
It's not a bulgalry is it? Quickly go look to see if anything is missing!
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我的金项链，还有奶奶给我的传家宝玉镯子，就这样被偷了了，这小偷太过分了！
wǒ de jīn xiàngliàn ，háiyǒu nǎinai gěi wǒ de chuánjiābǎo yùzhuózi ，jiù zhèyàng bèi tōu le le ，zhè xiǎotōu tài guòfèn le ！
My gold necklace and the jade bracelet my grandma left me as have family heirloom have been stolen just like that. This thief really is a piece of work!
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这样啊，有没有黑色的，这样晚上突然叫一声，肯定可以吓跑小偷！
zhèyàng ā ，yǒuméiyǒu hēisè de ，zhèyàng wǎnshang tūrán jiào yīshēng ，kěndìng kěyǐ xiàpǎo xiǎotōu ！
How about this, do you have any black dogs, that way if it suddenly starts barking in the night, it will be certain to scare off burglars!
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希望牠能比小偷聪明。
xīwàng tā néng bǐ xiǎotōu cōngming 。
I hope it is smarter than a burglar.
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看到这种狗还偷，那个小偷肯定比猪还笨。
kàndào zhèzhǒng gǒu hái tōu ，nàge xiǎotōu kěndìng bǐ zhū hái bèn 。
If a burglar sees this dog and still tries to steal stuff, he's dumber than a pig.
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警察抓小偷的动作。
jǐngchá zhuā xiǎotōu de dòngzuò 。
The action of the police catching a thief.
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那，小偷是好人还是坏人？
nà ，xiǎotōu shì hǎorén háishi huàirén ？
Then, are thieves good or bad?
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小偷是坏人。
xiǎotōu shì huàirén 。
Thieves are bad.
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