偷樂

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Chinese

to steal; to pilfer
music; happy; laugh
music; happy; laugh; cheerful
 
trad. (偷樂)
simp. (偷乐)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 3/3
Initial () (6) (37)
Final () (137) (103)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter thuw lak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰəu/ /lɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰəu/ /lɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰəu/ /lɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰəw/ /lak̚/
Li
Rong
/tʰu/ /lɑk̚/
Wang
Li
/tʰəu/ /lɑk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/tʰə̯u/ /lɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tōu luò
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tau1 lok6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/4
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
tōu
Middle
Chinese
‹ thuw › ‹ lak ›
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ˁo/ /*ˁawk/
English steal joy; enjoy

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/3
No. 15831 7673
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ʰoː/ /*raːwɢ/

Verb

偷樂

  1. (literary) to covet pleasure; to seek a life of pleasure
  2. to tittle; to giggle; to laugh up one's sleeve