Updated July 2026
What does 偷感 mean?
偷感 (tōu gǎn) means sneaky, like-you-might-get-caught energy in gen-z Chinese slang. The furtive, guilty-looking vibe of doing something as if you might get caught — even when you are doing nothing wrong. Literally, it means "stealing-feeling".
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Example
他吃个零食都偷感很重。
Tā chī ge língshí dōu tōu gǎn hěn zhòng.
Even eating a snack, he looks like he might get caught.
Where 偷感 comes from
From 偷 ("to steal") plus the productive suffix 感 ("a sense of"), the same pattern as 松弛感. It named a feeling a lot of self-conscious young people recognised instantly, and spread through captions.
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