旁聽
simp旁听pong4 ting3páng tīng
English
- to sit in on (proceedings)
- to be present at a meeting as an observer
- to audit (a class)
- to be a visitor or to observe, especially at a meeting, in a school class or at court
粵語 — Cantonese
- 外來嘅人到場而冇一般參與者嘅權利,例如到會議現場聽發言、冇註冊而到課堂聽書,或者冇涉案而到法庭聽審
Examples
旁聽生
auditing student
到法庭旁聽
to be a visitor in a court
我旁聽唔到會議嘅閉門環節。
I can't observe the closed session of the meeting.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk