粵

偷tau1聽teng1

simp偷听
tau1 teng1tōu tīng

English

  1. to eavesdrop
  2. to eavesdrop; to listen to someone's private conversation without them knowing
  3. to monitor (secretly)

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 暗中聆聽其他人講嘢,以得知本來唔應該知道嘅嘢

Examples

  • 我唔係特登偷聽你哋講嘢㗎。

    I didn't mean to eavesdrop on your talk.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 你琴日打俾我嘅時候,我喺門口偷聽緊佢哋講嘢。

    When you called me yesterday, I was at the door eavesdropping on their conversation.

  • 加茲利用佢嘅技能去偷聽啲對話,收集有關可能收容非法行動嘅後房嘅重要資料片段。

    Tatoeba · Davidgo5867 CC BY

  • 你在偷听。

    You were eavesdropping.

    Tatoeba · verdastelo9604 CC BY

  • 湯姆在偷聽。

    Tom's eavesdropping.

    Tatoeba · DaoSeng CC BY

  • 我沒想偷聽的。

    I didn't mean to eavesdrop.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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