抬toi4頭tau4

English

1. to raise one's head; to look up
2. (fig.) to begin to emerge; to show signs of growth
3. (commerce) account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc
4. a typographical East Asian expression of honour ----unreviewed?
5. to lift up one's head; to raise one's headunreviewed?
6. letterhead ----unreviewed?
7. (of an ideology) to get popular; to go mainstreamunreviewed?
8. the space on a cheque reserved for filling in the name of the payeeunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 東亞書面中表達尊敬嘅書寫方式，一般喺提到同對方有關嘅人物時，要另開新行喺頂格又或褪一格嚟寫，以示尊敬。unreviewed?
2. 提高頭部unreviewed?
3. 書面、公文中上側或左側起頭嘅位置unreviewed?
4. 比喻受壓抑嘅人、物得以伸展。unreviewed?
5. 信封、支票等填寫收件人、收款人個名嘅位置。unreviewed?

Examples

• 抬头，挺胸。

  Chin up, chest out.

  Tatoeba · BobbyLee CC BY

• 她抬頭看著他。

  She lifted up her head and looked at him.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 她抬頭望向天空。

  She looked up at the sky.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 他抬頭望著天空。

  He was looking upward to the sky.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 他抬頭挺胸走路。

  He was walking with his shoulders squared.

  Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

• unreviewed?

  支票抬頭

  cheque payee name

• unreviewed?

  抬頭挺胸

  Chin up and chest out

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  抬高頭望住我。

  Lift up your head, look at me. ----