偷雞

See also: 偷鸡

Chinese

		to steal; to pilfer	fowl; chicken
trad. (偷雞/偷鷄)		偷	雞/鷄
simp. (偷鸡)		偷	鸡

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tōujī

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄡㄐㄧ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tau¹ gai¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): heu¹ gai^1*

偷雞

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 偷 (tōu),‎ 雞／鸡 (jī).
(poker) to bluff
(Cantonese) to do less work; to be lazy and idle
(Cantonese) to do something sneakily and unnoticeably for one's own benefit or convenience

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		偷懶, 躲懶, 偷閒
Mandarin	Beijing	躲懶兒, 偷懶兒, 脫懶兒
	Taiwan	偷懶
	Ürümqi	躲懶
	Yangzhou	躲懶, 隑懶
	Singapore	偷懶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	躲懶, 放蛇, 偷雞
	Hong Kong	偷懶, 蛇王
	Dongguan	偷雞
Gan	Nanchang	偷懶
Hakka	Meixian	偷尞
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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