給……點顏色看看

Chinese

		to supply; provide; to to supply; provide; to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (passive particle)		point; dot; (decimal) point point; dot; (decimal) point; o'clock; (measure word)	color; face; look color; face; look; expression	to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think	to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think
trad. (給……點顏色看看)		給	……	點	顏色	看	看
simp. (给……点颜色看看)		给	……	点	颜色	看	看

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gěi ... diǎn yánsè kànkan

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄟˇ ... ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄜˋ ㄎㄢˋ ˙ㄎㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kap¹ ... dim² ngaan⁴ sik¹ hon³ hon³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gěi ... diǎn yánsè kànkan
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄟˇ ... ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄜˋ ㄎㄢˋ ˙ㄎㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gěi ... diǎn yánsè kànkån
    • Wade–Giles: kei³ ... tien³ yen²-sê⁴ kʻan⁴-kʻan⁵
    • Yale: gěi ... dyǎn yán-sè kàn-kan
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: geei ... dean yanseh kann.kan
    • Palladius: гэй ... дянь яньсэ канькань (gɛj ... djanʹ janʹsɛ kanʹkanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /keɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵ sɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰän⁵¹ kʰän¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kap¹ ... dim² ngaan⁴ sik¹ hon³ hon³
    • Yale: kāp ... dím ngàahn sīk hon hon
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kap⁷ ... dim² ngaan⁴ sik⁷ hon³ hon³
    • Guangdong Romanization: keb¹ ... dim² ngan⁴ xig¹ hon³ hon³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐp̚⁵ tiːm³⁵ ŋaːn²¹ sɪk̚⁵ hɔːn³³ hɔːn³³/

Phrase

給……點顏色看看

1. to teach someone a lesson

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 畀啲顏色……睇／畀啲颜色……睇, 畀啲顏色……睇下／畀啲颜色……睇下