粵

旁pong4聽ting3

simp旁听
pong4 ting3páng tīng

English

  1. to sit in on (proceedings)
  2. to be present at a meeting as an observer
  3. to audit (a class)
  4. to be a visitor or to observe, especially at a meeting, in a school class or at court

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 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

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