粵

窺kwai1探taam3

simp窥探
kwai1 taam3kuī tàn

English

  1. to pry into or spy on
  2. to snoop
  3. to peep
  4. to poke one's nose into
  5. to peer
  6. to get a glimpse of
  7. to spy upon; to pry into, to know and investigate

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 透過暗中觀察,從而查探一啲資訊;亦泛指一切查探神秘資訊既行為

Examples

  • 班友成人窺探住我地公司既情況,唔知有咩陰謀詭計。

    Those people are always prying into our company's affairs, I wonder what they are up to.

  • 透過天文望遠鏡既發明,人類終於可以窺探宇宙既奧秘。

    Thanks to the invention of astronomical telescope, we human beings could finally investigate the mystery of universe.

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

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