睇嚟

Chinese

		look down upon; (Cantonese) to look; to see look down upon; (Cantonese) to look; to see; to look after; to think	(Cantonese) to come
trad. (睇嚟)		睇	嚟
simp. #(睇嚟)		睇	嚟

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tai² lai⁴ / tai² lei⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tai² lai⁴ / tai² lei⁴
    • Yale: tái làih / tái lèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai² lai⁴ / tai² lei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei² lei⁴ / tei² léi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯³⁵ lɐi̯²¹/, /tʰɐi̯³⁵ lei̯²¹/

Verb

睇嚟

1. (Cantonese) to seem as if; to appear; to look like

   睇嚟都冇得救喇。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   tai² lei⁴ dou¹ mou⁵ dak¹ gau³ laa³. [Jyutping]

   I don't think there's anything you can do about it anymore.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 看來 (“to look like; to seem like”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		看來, 看起來, 看樣子
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	看來, 看起來, 看樣子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	睇嚟, 睇起上嚟
	Hong Kong	睇嚟, 睇起嚟, 睇起上嚟
Southern Min	Xiamen	看來, 看款, 看款式, 看勢, 看勢面, 看範勢
	Quanzhou	看來, 看款, 看勢
	Zhangzhou	看來, 看款, 看款式, 看勢, 看勢面, 看範勢
Wu	Shanghai	看上去