Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声) : semantic 目 + phonetic 及
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𥄫 (Cantonese)
- to stare
佢𥄫住個mon,眼都冇眨過。 [Cantonese, trad.]
佢𥄫住个mon,眼都冇眨过。 [Cantonese, simp.]- keoi5 gap6 zyu6 go3 mon1, ngaan5 dou1 mou5 zaam2 gwo3. [Jyutping]
- He keeps staring at the monitor without blinking.
- to peek
阿sir,佢𥄫我份卷呀! [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]- aa3 soe4, keoi5 gap6 ngo5 fan6 gyun2 aa3! [Jyutping]
- Sir, he's peeking at my test paper!
- to monitor; to keep a close watch
佢喺度𥄫住嗮,好煩呀! [Cantonese, trad.]
佢喺度𥄫住嗮,好烦呀! [Cantonese, simp.]- keoi5 hai2 dou6 gap6 zyu6 saai3, hou2 faan4 aa3! [Jyutping]
- He keeps monitoring us, so annoying!
Dialectal synonyms of
偷看 (“to steal a glance (at); to peek (at); to peep (at)”)
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Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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窺, 睒
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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偷看, 窺看, 偷窺, 窺視, 竊視, 竊看, 盜看
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Taiwan
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偷看
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Singapore
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偷看
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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偷看
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Xining
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偷看
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Liuzhou
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偷瞄
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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偷看
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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偷睇, 𥊙
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Hong Kong
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偷睇, 𥊙, 𥄫
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Taishan
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偷睇, 瞄
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Gan
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Nanchang
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偷看
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Hakka
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Meixian
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偷看
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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偷覷
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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偷看, 瞕, 偷瞕
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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偷看, 偷䀐
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Tainan
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偷看
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Shantou
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偷睇
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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偷看, 裝看
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Wu
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Suzhou
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偷看
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Hangzhou
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偷看
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