# 偷雞
## Chinese

* 偷雞

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tōujī
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡ ㄐㄧ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tau$^1$ gai$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): heu$^1$ gai$^{1*}$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tōujī
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄡ ㄐㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: touji
*** Wade–Giles: tʻou$^1$-chi$^1$
*** Yale: tōu-jī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: touji
*** Palladius: тоуцзи (touczi)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tau$^1$ gai$^1$
*** Yale: tāu gāi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tau$^1$ gai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: teo$^1$ gei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɐu̯⁵⁵ kɐi̯⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: heu$^1$ gai$^{1*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /heu³³ kai³³⁻³³⁵/

### Verb

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
* (Cantonese) to contract malaria

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 偷懶, 躲懶, 偷閒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 躲懶兒, 偷懶兒, 脫懶兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 偷懶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 偷懶 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 躲懶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 躲懶, 隑懶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 躲懶, 放蛇, 偷雞 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 偷懶, 蛇王, 吞泡 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 偷雞 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 偷懶 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 偷嫽 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 偷嫽, 怠懶 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 偷嫽 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 偷懶 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 躲懶 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 想惰 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 想惰, 想死 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 食蛇 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 食蛇 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 偷懶 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 瘧疾 noun, 發瘧疾 verb, 患瘧疾 verb |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 瘧子 noun, 發瘧子 verb |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 瘧疾 noun |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 發瘧子 verb |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 瘧疾 noun |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 瘧疾 noun |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 發瘧子 verb, 打擺子 verb |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 瘧疾 noun, 發瘧子 verb |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 發瘧子 verb, 打擺子 verb |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 發瘧子 verb |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 瘧子 noun, 發瘧子 verb, 打擺子 verb |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 打擺子 verb |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 發瘧子 verb |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 發瘧子 verb |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 發瘧子 verb |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 發瘧子 verb |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 發瘧子 verb |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 發瘧子 verb |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 發瘧子 verb |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 發瘧子 verb |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 發瘧子 verb |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 發瘧子 verb |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 發脾寒 verb |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 脾寒 noun, 發瘧子 verb, 發擺子 verb, 發脾寒 verb |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 發瘧子 verb |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 發瘧子 verb, 打擺子 verb |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 發瘧子 verb |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 發瘧子 verb |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 發脾寒 verb, 打擺子 verb |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 發脾寒 verb |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 發瘧子 verb, 打擺子 verb, 趕牛腱 verb, 放牛 verb |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 打擺子 verb |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 發瘧子 verb, 打擺子 verb |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 發瘧子 verb |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 發瘧子 verb, 放牛 verb |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 發瘧子 verb |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 發瘧 verb, 趕牛腱 verb |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 發瘧子 verb, 趕牛腱 verb |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 打脾寒 verb |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 打擺子 verb |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 發瘧疾 verb, 打擺子 verb, 乏擺子 verb |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 打擺子 verb |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 打擺子 verb |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 打脾寒 verb |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 打擺子 verb, 發瘧子 verb, 發瘧疾 verb, 做官兒 verb, dated |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 發瘧子 verb, 打老瘴 verb |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 打擺子 verb |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 打擺子 verb |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 打擺子 verb |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 發瘧子 verb, 打擺子 verb |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 打擺子 verb |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 打擺子 verb |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 打擺子 verb, 發瘧疾 verb |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 打擺子 verb |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 打擺子 verb |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 瘧疾 noun, 打擺子 verb |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 發瘧疾 verb, 打擺子 verb |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 打擺子 verb |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 打擺子 verb |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 打脾寒 verb, 打擺子 verb |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 打瘧疾 verb, 打擺子 verb |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 打脾寒 verb, 打擺子 verb |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 打瘧疾 verb, 打擺子 verb, 打脾寒 verb |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 打擺子 verb |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 打擺子 verb |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 打擺子 verb |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 打擺子 verb |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 打擺子 verb |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 打擺子 verb |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 發瘧疾 verb, 打擺子 verb, 悶頭擺子, 悶頭擺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 打擺子 verb |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 打擺子 verb |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 打擺子 verb |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 打擺子 verb |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 打擺子 verb |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 瘧疾 noun, 打擺子 verb |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 瘧疾 noun, 打擺子 verb, 打瘧疾 verb, 做老爺 verb |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 擺子 noun, 打擺子 verb, 打瘧疾 verb, 當老爺 verb |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 打擺子 verb, 打半日子 verb, 半天子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 發瘧疾子 verb, 打瘧疾子 verb |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 打半日子 verb |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 打擺子 verb, 打脾寒 verb |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 打擺子 verb, 打脾寒 verb |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 打脾寒 verb, 打擺子 verb |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 打擺子 verb, 打脾寒 verb |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 發冷 verb, 打擺子 verb, 偷雞 verb |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 發冷 verb |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 發冷 verb |
| Cantonese | Macau | 發冷 verb |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 擺子 noun, 發冷 verb |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 發冷 verb |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 發冷 verb |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 發冷 verb |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 發冷 verb |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 發冷 verb |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 發冷 verb |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 發冷 verb |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 發冷 verb |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 發冷 verb |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 發冷 verb |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 發冷 verb |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 發冷 verb |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 發冷 verb |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 發冷 verb |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 打發冷 verb |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 發冷 verb |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 打發冷 verb |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 發冷 verb |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 發冷 verb, 打擺 verb |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 發冷 verb |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 打擺子 verb |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 生發冷 verb |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 擻發冷 verb |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 發冷 verb |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 發冷 verb, 發冷震 verb |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 蚊症 noun, 發冷 verb |
| Gan | Nanchang | 打脾寒 verb, 打擺子 verb |
| Gan | Lichuan | 打擺子 verb |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 打擺子 verb |
| Hakka | Meixian | 打擺 verb, 打擺仔 verb, 發寒燒 verb |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 發冷 verb, 打擺 verb, 打擺子 verb |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 發冷 verb |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 發大冷 verb |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 發冷 verb |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 發冷 verb |
| Hakka | Yudu | 打擺子 verb |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 發冷仔 verb |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 馬拉利亞 noun |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 寒熱仔 noun |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 打擺仔 verb |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 馬拉利亞 noun, 瘧疾 noun, 打擺仔 verb |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 發冷仔 verb, 馬拉利亞 noun |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 發冷 verb, 馬拉利亞 noun |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 發冷仔 verb, 馬拉利亞 noun |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 寒熱症 noun, 馬拉利亞 noun |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 發大冷 verb |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 蚊蟲病 noun |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 蚊症 noun, 發冷 verb |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 打半晝 verb |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 發瘧疾 verb, 打半日 verb, 打三日頭 verb |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 三日頭 noun, 打脾寒 verb |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 打擺子 verb |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 打擺兒 verb, 傷寒, 重感冒 |
| Jin | Datong | 打擺子 verb |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 打擺子 verb |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 打擺子 verb |
| Jin | Changzhi | 打擺子 verb |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 瘧疾 noun |
| Jin | Linhe | 打擺子 verb |
| Jin | Jining | 瘧疾 noun, 打擺子 verb |
| Jin | Hohhot | 打擺子 verb, 疾敗子 |
| Jin | Baotou | 瘧疾 noun |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 瘧疾 noun |
| Jin | Haibowan | 打百子 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 打擺子 verb |
| Jin | Pingshan | 發擺子 verb |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 打擺子 verb |
| Jin | Handan | 發瘧子 verb |
| Jin | Linzhou | 發瘧了 verb |
| Jin | Suide | 打擺子 verb |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 𢫦腹寒 verb |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 病腹寒 verb |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 病老人 verb |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 𢫦作寒 verb |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 𢫦寒病 verb |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 𢫦擺仔 verb |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 𢫦擺仔 verb |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 裝擺仔 verb, 自自寒 verb |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 瘧症 noun, 拍腹寒 verb, 拍寒 verb |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 拍寒 verb |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 拍寒 verb |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 拍寒 verb |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 拍腹寒 verb |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 拍寒 verb |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 拍寒 verb |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 拍寒 verb |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 拍寒病 verb |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 拍寒 verb |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 寒熱仔 noun, 寒熱 noun, 著寒熱 verb, 拍寒熱 verb |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 寒熱 noun, 著寒熱 verb |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 寒熱 noun |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 寒熱仔 noun, 寒熱 noun, 著寒熱 verb, 拍寒熱 verb, 起寒熱 verb |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 畏冷仔 noun |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 瘧疾 noun, 起腹寒 verb |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 著寒熱 verb |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 寒熱仔 noun, 馬拉利亞 noun |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 馬拉利亞 noun |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 寒熱仔 noun, 馬拉利亞 noun, 著寒熱 verb |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 寒熱仔 noun |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 馬拉利亞 noun |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 馬拉利亞 noun |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 拍寒拍熱 verb |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 乞食症 noun |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 馬拉利亞 noun |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 馬拉利亞 noun |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 寒熱仔 noun |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 寒熱仔 noun, 馬拉利亞 noun |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 馬拉利亞 noun |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 畏寒畏熱 verb |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 馬拉利亞 noun |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 馬拉利亞 noun |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 蠓病 noun, 寒熱仔 noun, 拍寒熱 verb |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 拍擺仔 verb |
| Southern Min | Datian | 背寒 verb |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 著腹寒 verb, 發瘧 verb |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 著腹寒 verb |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 著腹寒 verb |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Houzhai) | 著腹寒 verb |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Yun'ao) | 著腹寒 verb |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 腹寒 noun, 著腹寒 verb |
| Southern Min | Puning | 著腹寒 verb |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 蠓病 noun |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 腹寒 noun |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 腹寒病 noun, 腹寒 noun, 海北客病 noun, 海北客 noun, 發寒熱病 verb, 做腹寒 verb, 做海北客 verb |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 著寒熱 verb, 背寒 verb |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 發寒 verb |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 擺子病 noun |
| Wu | Shanghai | 發瘧子 verb |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 發寒熱 verb |
| Wu | Suzhou | 發瘧子 verb, 發三日頭 verb |
| Wu | Danyang | 三日頭 noun |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 打擺子 verb, 生抖抖病 verb, dated |
| Wu | Ningbo | 間日班 noun, 四日兩頭班 noun, 發買柴病 verb, 發冷熱病 verb, 打板子 verb, dated |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 打潮 verb, 半日病 noun |
| Wu | Jinhua | 打半日 verb, 打大鼓 verb |
| Xiang | Changsha | 打擺子 verb, 打脾寒 verb |
| Xiang | Loudi | 擺子 noun, 打擺子 verb |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 打擺子 verb |

#### Derived terms

* 一時唔偷雞做保長／一时唔偷鸡做保长 (jat$^1$ si$^4$ m$^4$ tau$^1$ gai$^1$ zou$^6$ bou$^2$ zoeng$^2$) (Cantonese)
* 偷雞不成蝕把米／偷鸡不成蚀把米 (tōu jī bùchéng shí bǎ mǐ)
* 偷雞不著蝕把米／偷鸡不着蚀把米 (tōu jī bùzháo shí bǎ mǐ)
* 偷雞吊狗／偷鸡吊狗
* 偷雞唔到蝕揸米／偷鸡唔到蚀揸米
* 偷雞嫌㾪／偷鸡嫌㾪
* 偷雞帽／偷鸡帽
* 偷雞摸狗／偷鸡摸狗 (tōujīmōgǒu)
* 偷雞盜狗／偷鸡盗狗
* 偷雞鷂／偷鸡鹞