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  tai2   jyutping
  di4 ti1 ti2   pinyin
[1] [v] take a casual look at [2] [v] look sideways; look askance; cast a sidelong glance [3] to watch TV or a film at the cinema [40 to read a book or magazine

Stroke count: 12
Level: 2
Radical: (#109)
This character was last edited on 12th Apr 2008

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detail  tai2 hei3   = to watch a movie
detail  tai2 gin3   = see; catch sight of
detail  tau1 tai2   = to peek, to peep
detail  tai2 dou3*2   = look; have looked
detail  tai2 lei4   = to look
detail  hou2 tai2  hao3 di4 = good-looking
detail  can1 ngaan5 tai2 dou3*2   = see with one's own eyes; personally witness
detail  can1 ngaan5 tai2 gin3   = see with one's own eyes; personally witness
detail  mou5 ngaan5 tai2   = cannot bear to look (at sth.)
detail  tai2 bat1 jap6 ngaan5  di4 bu4 ru4 yan3 = not to one's liking
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Showing 10 of 14 examples containing 睇
detail 呢排成日睇電視 edit
Recently I've been watching tv all day.
detail 一定要睇電視 edit
I must watch TV!
[(spoken by someone obviously addicted to TV!)]
detail 睇電視唔得! edit
I need to watch TV!
[Literally "I cannot not watch TV".]
detail 咪郁!!郁嚟郁去前面. edit
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.]
detail 聖誕期間電視好多! edit
There are lots of good films on TV at Christmas!
detail 係咪三級片 edit
Are you watching a pornographic movie?
detail 表演之後O edit
I was totally speechless with surprise seeing his perfomance.
detail edit
He/She is reading a book, but I can't see what it's called.
detail 入去實驗室我嘅雷射 edit
Follow me into my lab and take a look at my laser.
detail 橫掂順便睇戲 edit
Let's go for a movie as we are already here anyway!
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