偷吃

tōuchī

verb

Meanings

1 to eat on the sly
2 to pilfer food
3 to be unfaithful (cheat on one's partner)

Characters

to steal / sneak

Examples

HSK 4

他被怀疑在外面偷吃。

Tā bèi huáiyí zài wàimiàn tōuchī.

He's suspected of cheating on his partner.

HSK 5

孩子偷吃了桌上的糖。

Háizi tōuchī le zhuōshàng de táng.

The child sneaked some candy off the table.

Tips

usage

The figurative sense, cheating on a partner, is extremely common in Chinese gossip and TV dramas. 偷吃 literally 'sneak-eat' implies tasting forbidden fruit; pair it with 出轨 ('to go off the rails / be unfaithful') to describe affairs.

Stroke Order

偷 tōu

吃 chī