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  tai2   jyutping
  di4   pinyin
[1] see; look; view; read
[2] watch; look after; care for
[2] believe; think; consider

verb
Stroke count: 12
Level: 2
Radical: (#109)

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

This word has been viewed 44653 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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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   = seem; appear
detail  hou2 tai2  hao3 di4 = good-looking
detail  tai2 ji1 sang1   = consult a doctor
detail  tai2 m4 hei2  di4 wu2 qi3 = look down upon
detail  tai2 beng6   = consult a doctor
detail  tai2 cing1 co2   = to see clearly
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Showing 10 of 36 examples containing 睇
detail audio 呢排成日睇電視
Recently I've been watching tv all day.
detail audio 一定要睇電視
I must watch TV!
[(spoken by someone obviously addicted to TV!)]
detail audio 睇電視唔得!
I need to watch TV!
[Literally "I cannot not watch TV".]
detail audio 咪郁!!郁嚟郁去前面
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 audio 聖誕期間電視好多!
There are lots of good films on TV at Christmas!
detail audio 多謝收睇
thank you for watching
detail audio 睇到封信時候已經離開香港
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! :-)]
detail 等我睇睇
Let me see (let me have a look).
detail 琴日一套有啲地方幾好
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.]
detail 琴日一套少少好睇
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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