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[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 |
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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 = good-looking 粵 睇醫生 tai2 ji1 sang1 = consult a doctor 粵 睇唔起 tai2 m4 hei2 = look down upon 粵 睇病 tai2 beng6 = consult a doctor 粵 睇清楚 tai2 cing1 co2 = to see clearly 粵 See all 86 compounds |
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Showing all 36 examples containing 睇
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.]
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! :-)]
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.]
唔該你同我睇住啲嘢。 粵
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.]
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.]
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.
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]
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]
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. ]
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. Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |