# 毛賊
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): máozéi
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ ㄗㄟˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mou$^4$ caak$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: máozéi
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄗㄟˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: máozéi
*** Wade–Giles: mao$^2$-tsei$^2$
*** Yale: máu-dzéi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mautzeir
*** Palladius: маоцзэй (maoczɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /mɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡seɪ̯³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$毛賊／毛贼 蟊賊／蟊贼
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mou$^4$ caak$^6$
*** Yale: mòuh chaahk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mou$^4$ tsaak$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mou$^4$ cag$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /mou̯²¹ t͡sʰaːk̚²/

### Noun

毛賊
* (derogatory) thief; robber; bandit

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 賊, 盜 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 賊, 小偷, 竊賊, 盜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 小偷兒, 賊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 小偷, 賊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 小偷兒, 賊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 小偷兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 小偷, 賊 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 小偷兒, 賊 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 小偷兒, 小偷, 毛賊, 毛賊子, 賊 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 小偷兒, 賊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 小偷兒, 賊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 毛賊, 賊娃子, 賊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 小偷兒, 賊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 賊娃子, 賊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 小偷兒, 賊娃子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 賊娃子, 賊 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 賊娃子, 賊 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 賊娃子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 賊娃子, 賊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 賊娃子, 賊, 偷跟兒, 偷兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 強徒, 小偷 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 小偷 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 小偷, 小毛賊, 毛賊, 小賊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 小偷 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guanyang | 拐子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 小偷 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 賊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 賊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 小偷, 賊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 賊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 小偷, 賊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 小偷, 賊, 強盜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 賊坯 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 小偷, 賊, 小賊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 三隻手 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 賊仔, 賊, 賊佬, 鼠摸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 賊仔, 賊, 賊佬, 鼠摸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 賊仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 賊 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 賊佬 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 賊佬 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 偷仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 賊仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 夜摸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 賊仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 偷雞佬, 賊佬 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 鼠摸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 鼠摸仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 偷仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 鼠摸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 鼠摸仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 偷仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 偷仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 三隻手 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 小摸 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 小摸 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 小摸 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 賊仔, 鼠摸 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 小摸 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 小摸仔 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 鼠摸仔 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 賊仔, 鼠摸 dated |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 賊仔 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 賊佬 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 雪仔 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 鼠賊, 賊 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 賊佬 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 賊佬, 賊仔 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 賊, 賊佬 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 賊佬 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 賊 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 賊, 夜摸 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 賊仔 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 白捏, 小偷 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 賊手 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 賊佬 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 賊 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 小賊 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 賊仔 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 賊, 夜摸, 白捏 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 賊 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 賊 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 賊牯 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 賊牯, 賊仔 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 賊牯佬 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 賊仔 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 賊牯佬 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 賊佬 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 賊佬 |
| Hakka | Zengcheng (Zhengguo) | 賊佬 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 賊仔 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 賊哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 賊哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 賊牯佬 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 賊牯佬 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 賊 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 賊佬 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 賊佬 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 賊佬 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 小偷 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 賊 |
| Hakka | Changting | 賊牯 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 賊牯 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 賊牯 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 賊牯 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 賊牯 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 賊牯 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 賊牯 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 賊牯 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 賊佬, 強盜 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 賊仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 賊仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 賊仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 賊 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 賊仔, 賊 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 賊 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 賊佬 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 賊 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 賊佬 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 賊佬 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 扒手 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 賊 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 賊骨頭, 賊, 銃手 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 小偷兒, 賊 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 小綹兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 賊 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 小偷, 賊, 賊小子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 賊 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 賊囝, 賊 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 賊, 賊囝 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 賊囝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 賊仔, 鼠賊 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 賊仔, 鼠賊 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 鼠賊仔 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 賊 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 賊仔, 鼠賊, 佬賊仔 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 賊仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 賊仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 賊仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 勍仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 勍仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 賊仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 賊仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 賊仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 賊仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 鼠賊仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 賊 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 賊 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 賊 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 賊, 賊仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 賊 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 賊 |
| Southern Min | Guilin (Biyange) | 賊 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 鼠賊囝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 賊, 賊囝, 鼠賊, 鼠賊囝 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 鼠賊, 鼠賊囝 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 鼠賊囝 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 賊囝 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 賊囝, 賊 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 賊囝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 賊囝 |
| Central Min | Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) | 賊 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 賊囝 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 賊, 小偷 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 賊, 小偷 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dongbianzhou) | 賊 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 賊頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 賊骨頭, 賊, 小偷, 賊伯伯 humorous |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 小偷, 賊 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 賊骨頭, 賊, 賊伯伯 humorous, 小賊 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 賊骨頭, 小偷 |
| Wu | Danyang | 小偷, 賊, 賊老官, 做賊佬 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 賊骨頭, 賊 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 賊骨頭, 小偷 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 小偷兒, 小偷, 賊 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 賊骨頭, 賊, 小偷 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 賊老倌, 賊牯子, 賊 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 夜摸子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 賊牯子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 賊牯子 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 賊 |