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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 44938 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 all 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]
detail 琴日一套有啲好睇
I saw a film yesterday... it wasn't very good.
[I yesterday see-already [counter] film, have little-little good-watch]
detail 琴日一套一啲好睇
I saw a film yesterday... it was average.
[I yesterday see-already one film, have little-bit good watch.]
detail 你嘅真係好似好攰
Seeing your face, you must be really tired.
[Lit. see your face, really seem very tired [particles]]
detail 琴晚一套感人
I saw a moving film yesterday evening.
[Lit. I yesterday evening see-already one [counter] moving [possessive particle] film.]
detail 難睇
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.]
detail 唔該睇住
Please keep an eye on my stuff.
[Parsing: 唔該 please | 你 you | 同 for | 我 me | 睇 watch | 住 keep | 啲嘢 the stuff.]
detail 特登
Young Lam has come especially to see you, you know.
[係...㗎 (or 嘅) is used to emphasize a fact.]
detail audio 係咪三級片
Are you watching porn?
[Lit. You are-not watching erotic movie?]
detail audio 表演之後O
I was also speechless (with surprise) after seeing him performed.
detail audio 但係
He/She is reading a book, but I can't see what it's called.
detail 入去實驗室睇吓我嘅雷射
Follow me into my lab and take a look at my laser.
detail audio 橫掂順便睇戲
Let's go for a movie as we are already here anyway!
detail 唔好上面睇書!
Don't bend over the desk to read!
detail 家下𨂾光黑嚟唔切
It is already dusk, I don't think we can make it in time.
detail audio 靚女睇戲梗係𦧲飯應
A pretty girl is willing to catch a movie with you. Surely that is something you wished for.
detail audio 成日喺度寫埋無聊費事
He writes so much nonsense that I don't even bother reading it.
detail 自瀆睇法
What are your views on masturbation?
detail 一個別具一格建築物
I will bring you to see a unique building.
detail 琴日一套但係一啲唔好
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.]
detail 唔使幾耐可以睇到精彩
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]
detail 屋企黑猛猛好似盲咗
The house is so dark it's like I'm blind.
detail 啱啱卡通好似𠵇𠺫唔知發生
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]
detail 黃色紫色好唔好
Yellow and purple match, does it look good?
detail 睇起困難但係落去好容易
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. ]
detail 睇書乜滯
He seldom if ever reads.
detail 都係比較揸拿好過投資小生意
I am of the view that buying property has more assurance, better than investing in small businesses.

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