偷步

Chinese

		to steal; to pilfer	a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process
trad. (偷步)		偷	步
simp. #(偷步)		偷	步

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau¹ bou⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau¹ bou⁶
    • Yale: tāu bouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau¹ bou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo¹ bou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯⁵⁵ pou̯²²/

Verb

偷步

1. (Cantonese, Nanning Pinghua) to false start; to start running before the race starts
2. (Cantonese, figurative) to do something before one is allowed to

Synonyms

• (to false start): 搶跑／抢跑 (qiǎngpǎo)