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 47510 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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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]

我琴日睇咗一套戲，有啲啲好睇粵
I saw a film yesterday... it wasn't very good.
[I yesterday see-already [counter] film, have little-little good-watch]

我琴日睇咗一套戲，有一啲好睇粵
I saw a film yesterday... it was average.
[I yesterday see-already one film, have little-bit good watch.]

睇你嘅樣，真係好似好攰噉喎粵
Seeing your face, you must be really tired.
[Lit. see your face, really seem very tired [particles]]

我琴晚睇咗一套感人嘅戲粵
I saw a moving film yesterday evening.
[Lit. I yesterday evening see-already one [counter] moving [possessive particle] film.]

我Ｄ字好難睇咩？粵
Are my (Chinese) characters that hard to read?
[Lit. Me [plural counter] characters very hard read [particle]? D=啲 and is commonly used in Hong Kong.]

你知嘛﹐林仔係特登嚟睇你㗎。粵
Young Lam has come especially to see you, you know.
[係...㗎 (or 嘅) is used to emphasize a fact.]

你係咪睇緊三級片？粵
Are you watching porn?
[Lit. You are-not watching erotic movie?]

我睇完佢表演之後都O晒嘴！粵
I was also speechless (with surprise) after seeing him performed.

佢睇緊書，但係我睇唔到嗰本書嘅名。粵
He/She is reading a book, but I can't see what it's called.

跟我入去我間實驗室。你睇吓我嘅雷射。粵
Follow me into my lab and take a look at my laser.

橫掂都出咗嚟，順便去睇戲啦。粵
Let's go for a movie as we are already here anyway!

唔好伏喺檯上面睇書! 粵
Don't bend over the desk to read!

家下都𨂾光黑，我睇係嚟唔切去架喇！粵
It is already dusk, I don't think we can make it in time.

靚女話要同你睇戲，你梗係𦧲飯應啦粵
A pretty girl is willing to catch a movie with you. Surely that is something you wished for.

佢成日喺度寫埋晒啲無聊嘢﹐我都費事睇。粵
He writes so much nonsense that I don't even bother reading it.

你對自瀆有乜睇法呢？粵
What are your views on masturbation?

帶你去睇一個別具一格嘅建築物。粵
I will bring you to see a unique building.

我琴日睇咗一套戲，但係一啲都唔好睇粵
I saw a film yesterday, and boy did it suck.
[Lit. I yesterday see-already [counter] film, however one little bit also not good-watch.]

唔使幾耐，你就可以睇到一出精彩嘅好戲粵
In due course, you'll see a spectacular display.
[Lit. in good time, you then can see-arrive one [counter] brilliant [possessive particle] play. 不消多久=唔使幾耐]

屋企咁黑猛猛，我好似盲咗噉睇唔到嘢粵
The house is so dark it's like I'm blind.

我啱啱睇嗰套卡通好似好𠵇𠺫，唔知發生咩事粵
The anime I was watching just now seemed strange, I'm not quite sure what was going on.
[Lit. I just-now see that [counter] anime seem very strange, not-know happen what-matter]

黃色襯紫色好唔好睇呀？
Yellow and purple match, does it look good?

呢件事睇起嚟好困難﹐但係做落去好容易。粵
This task seems quite difficult, but doing it is really easy.
[Aspect markers 起嚟 and 落去 function rather like antonyms, originally meaning "starting to" and "carrying on" respectively. ]

佢唔睇書乜滯粵
He seldom if ever reads.

我睇都係買屋比較揸拿，好過投資喺啲小生意上粵
I am of the view that buying property has more assurance, better than investing in small businesses.

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