tōu

to steal; to pilfer; to snatch

verbadverb HSK 3.0 · Band 6

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

See it in sentences

他偷了东西。

He stole something.

别偷看别人的信。

Don't peek at others' letters.