偷柴

Chinese

		to steal; to pilfer	firewood
trad. (偷柴)		偷	柴
simp. #(偷柴)		偷	柴

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau¹ caai⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau¹ caai⁴
    • Yale: tāu chàaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau¹ tsaai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo¹ cai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰaːi̯²¹/

Verb

偷柴

1. (Cantonese, slang) to have an erection

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 勃起 (“to have an erection”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		勃起
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	勃起
	Malaysia	硬
	Singapore	硬
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	雄起
Cantonese	Hong Kong	扯旗, 扯, 起機, 偷柴
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	起磅
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	硬起來
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	硬
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	𫞻起來
Jin	Xinzhou	起陽兒
Southern Min	Zhangzhou	起雞
	Zhao'an	翹
	Kaohsiung	起磅
	Haifeng	拍飛機