睇 (tai2 | di4) : see; look; read; watch; believe

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睇

tai2

di4

[1] see; look; view; read
[2] watch; look after; care for
[2] believe; think; consider

Stroke count: 12

Level: 2

Radical: 目 (#109)

This character is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

睇

This word has been viewed 49359 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 11th Nov 2014 10:08

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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 = seem; appear 粵

好睇 hou2 tai2 hao3 di4 = good-looking 粵

睇醫生 tai2 ji1 sang1 = consult a doctor 粵

睇唔起 tai2 m4 hei2 di4 wu2 qi3 = look down upon 粵

睇病 tai2 beng6 = consult a doctor 粵

睇清楚 tai2 cing1 co2 = to see clearly 粵
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Showing 10 of 36 examples containing 睇

呢排我成日都睇電視粵
Recently I've been watching tv all day.

我一定要睇電視粵
I must watch TV!
[(spoken by someone obviously addicted to TV!)]

我唔睇電視唔得喇! 粵
I need to watch TV!
[Literally "I cannot not watch TV".]

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.]

聖誕期間﹐電視有好多好戲睇! 粵
There are lots of good films on TV at Christmas!

多謝收睇粵
thank you for watching

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! :-)]

等我睇睇先。粵
Let me see (let me have a look).

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]

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