粵

發faat3現jin6

simp发现
faat3 jin6fā xiàn

English

  1. to notice; to become aware of
  2. to discover; to find
  3. finding; discovery
  4. to discover; to find; to detect
  5. to know something previously unknown; to realise; to figure out
  6. a discovery

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 揾到一啲新嘅或者隱藏咗嘅嘢
  2. 一啲一早已經存在,但係之前未知而新揾到嘅嘢(量詞:個)
  3. 知道一啲以前唔知嘅事

Examples

  • 佢哋發現咗喇。

    They found out.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 小心俾人發現呀!

    Watch out and don't let anyone know you're here! ----

  • 佢哋發現咗個寶藏。

    They found a treasure chest.

  • 我發現佢有啲古怪。

    I found out that there is something weird about him.

  • 呢個島係邊個發現㗎?

    Who discovered the island?

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 呢個係個驚天大發現嚟!

    This is an astounding discovery!

  • 我哋最好唔好俾人發現。

    We'd better not get caught.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 唔好俾啲差佬發現你有槍喺身。

    Don't let the cops find a heater on you.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

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

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