Chinese Word Entry

猴子偷桃

Mandarin (Zhuyin):	ㄏㄡˊ ㄗ˙ ㄊㄡㄊㄠˊ
Mandarin (Pinyin):	hóu zi tōu táo
Cantonese (Jyutping):	hau4 zi2 tau1 tou4
Definitions:	"monkey steals the peach" (martial arts), distracting an opponent with one hand and seizing his testicles with the other (coll) grabbing sb by the balls

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Chinese characters used in this word

猴	monkey, ape, monkey-like

Readings

Mandarin:	ㄏㄡˊ (hóu)
Cantonese:	hau4
Japanese:	コウ (kou)、ゴ (go) / さる (saru)
Korean:	후 (hu)
Vietnamese:	hầu

子	child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac, offspring, fruit, seed of, 1st terrestrial branch

Readings

Mandarin:	ㄗˇ (zǐ), ㄗˊ (zí), ㄗ˙ (zi)
Cantonese:	zi2
Japanese:	シ (shi)、ス (su)、ツ (tsu) / こ (ko)、 -こ (-ko)、ね (ne)、み (mi)、おとこ (otoko)
Korean:	자 (ja)
Vietnamese:	tử, tý, tí

Variants

Semantic variant form:

只

偷	to steal, burglar, thief

Readings

Mandarin:	ㄊㄡ (tōu)
Cantonese:	tau1
Japanese:	チュウ (chuu)、トウ (tou) / ぬすむ (nusumu)

Variants

Semantic variant form:

偸

桃	peach, marriage, surname

Readings

Mandarin:	ㄊㄠˊ (táo), ㄊㄧㄠ (tiāo), ㄓㄠˋ (zhào)
Cantonese:	tou4
Japanese:	トウ (tou) / もも (momo)
Korean:	도 (do)
Vietnamese:	đào