偷人 (tōurén): (of a married woman) to have an…

Meanings

1 (of a married woman) to have an affair
2 to cheat on one's husband

Characters

偷

Examples

村里都在传她偷人的事。

Cūn lǐ dōu zài chuán tā tōurén de shì.

The whole village is gossiping about her affair.

他怀疑老婆偷人，气得摔了门。

Tā huáiyí lǎopó tōurén, qì de shuāi le mén.

He suspected his wife of cheating and slammed the door in fury.

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偷人 is a vulgar, judgmental term traditionally aimed at married women — literally 'to steal a man'. The parallel for cheating husbands is 偷情 (more neutral) or 偷腥. In modern speech 出轨 is the more polite, gender-neutral way to say 'have an affair'.