偷閒

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See also: 偷闲

Chinese

		to steal; to pilfer	idle; interstice; separate
trad. (偷閒/偷閑)		偷	閒/閑
simp. (偷闲)		偷	闲

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tōuxián

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄡㄒㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tau¹ haan⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thio-hân / thau-êng / tho͘-hân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tōuxián
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄡㄒㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tousián
  - Wade–Giles: tʻou¹-hsien²
  - Yale: tōu-syán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: toushyan
  - Palladius: тоусянь (tousjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tau¹ haan⁴
  - Yale: tāu hàahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tau¹ haan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: teo¹ han⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯⁵⁵ haːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thio-hân
  - Tâi-lô: thio-hân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tioi'haan
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰio³³ han²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thau-êng
  - Tâi-lô: thau-îng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tau'eeng
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ iɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ iɪŋ²³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tho͘-hân
  - Tâi-lô: thoo-hân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: to'haan
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔ⁴⁴⁻²² han¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔ⁴⁴⁻²² han²⁴/

Verb

偷閒

to snatch a break; to find time (to do something)
to be lazy; to goof off

Synonyms

(to find time):

抽暇 (chōuxiá)
抽空 (chōukòng)
抽閒 / 抽闲 (chōuxián)
插空 (chākòng)

(to be lazy):

Dialectal synonyms of 偷懶 (“to slack off; to lie down on the job”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		偷懶, 躲懶, 偷閒
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	躲懶兒, 偷懶兒, 脫懶兒
	Taiwan	偷懶
	Singapore	偷懶
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	躲懶
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	躲懶, 隑懶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	躲懶, 放蛇, 偷雞
	Hong Kong	偷懶, 蛇王, 吞泡
	Dongguan	偷雞
Gan	Nanchang	偷懶
Hakka	Meixian	偷嫽
	Xingning	偷嫽, 怠懶
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	偷嫽
Jin	Taiyuan	偷懶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	躲懶
Southern Min	Xiamen	想惰
	Zhangzhou	想惰, 想死
	Penang (Hokkien)	食蛇
	Singapore (Hokkien)	食蛇
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	偷懶

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