粵

旁pong4觀gun1者ze2

simp旁观者
pong4 gun1 ze2páng guān zhě

English

  1. observer
  2. spectator
  3. onlooker;bystander

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 旁觀、食花生嘅人;喺側跟睇而唔參與其中嘅人(量詞:個)

Examples

  • 旁观者清,当局者迷。

    The authorities have no clue, but everyone else knows.

    Tatoeba · sadhen CC BY

  • 好多時候旁觀者清楚成件事嘅原因。

    In many situations, bystanders are the ones who know the cause of the whole thing.

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

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