眼見
simp眼见ngaan5 gin3yǎn jiàn
English
- to see with one's own eyes
- very soon
- seeing that; usually followed by unfavourable situations
粵語 — Cantonese
- 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