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tai2 dai6
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/tai2/ [1] [v] take a casual look at [3] to watch TV or a film at the cinema [4] to read a book or magazine [5] to believe, think, consider /dai6/ [2] [v] look sideways; look askance; cast a sidelong glance  Stroke count: 12
Level: 2
Radical: 目 (#109)
This character is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 |
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睇戲
tai2 hei3 = to watch a movie 粵
睇見
tai2 gin3 = see; catch sight of 粵
偷睇
tau1 tai2 = to peek, to peep 粵
睇到
tai2 dou3*2 = look; have looked 粵
睇嚟
tai2 lei4 = to look 粵
好睇
hou2 tai2 = good-looking 粵
睇清楚
tai2 cing1 co2 = to see clearly 粵
親眼睇到
can1 ngaan5 tai2 dou3*2 = see with one's own eyes; personally witness 粵
親眼睇見
can1 ngaan5 tai2 gin3 = see with one's own eyes; personally witness 粵
冇眼睇
mou5 ngaan5 tai2 = cannot bear to look (at sth.) 粵See all 76 compounds |
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Showing 10 of 32 examples containing 睇
咪郁啦!!你喺到郁嚟郁去我睇唔到前面呀。 粵
Don't move!! I can't see the front when you keep moving. [the meaning of 咪郁 and 唔好郁 is the same basically, but the young people would like to say 咪郁 more than 唔好郁.]
當你睇到呢封信嘅時候﹐我已經離開咗香港。 粵
By the time you read this letter, I will have already left Hong Kong. [This line of dialogue is often heard in TV soap operas! :-)]
我琴日睇咗一套戲，有啲地方幾好睇 粵
I saw a film yesterday... some parts were okay. [Lit. I yesterday see-already [counter] film, have place (note: this is a figurative use of place) quite good watch.]
我琴日睇咗一套戲，有少少好睇 粵
I saw a film yesterday... it wasn't very good. [Lit. I yesterday see-already film, have little-bit good-watch] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Decimal representation of this word: 睇
Unicode code for this character: U+7747 (off-site link)
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Decimal representation of this word: 睇
Unicode code for this character: U+7747 (off-site link)
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