粵

眼ngaan5見gin3

simp眼见
ngaan5 gin3yǎn jiàn

English

  1. to see with one's own eyes
  2. very soon
  3. seeing that; usually followed by unfavourable situations

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 睇到一啲情況;通常後接一啲唔好嘅情況,跟住係自己對呢個情況嘅感覺或者對應

Examples

  • 我未親眼見過巴黎鐵塔。

    I've never seen the Eiffel Tower of Paris.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 眼見為憑。

    To see is to believe.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 我亲眼见到了它。

    I saw it with my own eyes.

    Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

  • 眼見你咁辛苦,但係我又無能為力。

    Seeing that you’re suffering, there is nothing that I could do.

  • 眼見天就快光,但我份功課仲未做好。

    Seeing that dawn is coming, but my work is not fully done yet.

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

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