粵

目muk6測caak1

simp目测
muk6 caak1muk6 cak1mù cè

English

  1. to estimate visually
  2. to estimate something by visual inspection
  3. to gauge
  4. visual assessment

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 打量,用眼估計物件嘅高度、角度、深度或者距離

Examples

  • 我目測呢個人嘅身高應該有一米八。

    The height of this person should be 1.8 m by my own visual inspection.

  • 據我目測,呢隻鈍角應該有差不多一百二十度。

    According to my visual inspection, this obtuse angle should have almost 120 degrees.

  • 现在精确度已经不重要了,你目测一下就好。

    There's no need to worry about accuracy this time; just eyeball it.

    Tatoeba · jan_OkulaJu CC BY

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

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