偷听

tōu tīng · tou ting

Traditional 偷聽

Meaning

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  1. to eavesdrop
  2. to monitor (secretly)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)站(zhàn)在(zài)门(mén)外(wài)偷(tōu)听(tīng)里(lǐ)面(miàn)的(de)谈(tán)话(huà)。

He stood outside the door eavesdropping on the conversation inside.

02

别(bié)偷(tōu)听(tīng)别(bié)人(rén)的(de)电(diàn)话(huà),这(zhè)样(yàng)很(hěn)不(bù)礼(lǐ)貌(mào)。

Don't eavesdrop on other people's phone calls; it's very impolite.

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