睇低

Chinese

		look down upon; (Cantonese) to look; to see look down upon; (Cantonese) to look; to see; to look after; to think	to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; low; to incline; beneath
trad. (睇低)		睇	低
simp. #(睇低)		睇	低

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tai² dai¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tai² dai¹
    • Yale: tái dāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai² dai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei² dei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯³⁵ tɐi̯⁵⁵/

Verb

睇低

1. (Cantonese) to look down on
   • 1984, “Monica”, in 黎彼得 (lyrics), Leslie, performed by 張國榮:

     你以往教我教我戀愛真諦
     只可惜初生之虎將你睇低 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     你以往教我教我恋爱真谛
     只可惜初生之虎将你睇低 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     nei⁵ ji⁵ wong⁵ gaau³ ngo⁵ gaau³ ngo⁵ lyun² ngoi¹ zan¹ dai³
     zi² ho² sik¹ co¹ saang¹ zi¹ fu² zoeng¹ nei⁵ tai² dai¹ [Jyutping]

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