粵

眼ngaan5看hon3

ngaan5 hon3yǎn kàn

English

  1. soon
  2. in a moment
  3. to look on as sth happens
  4. to watch with one's eyes
  5. to consider

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 即係眼見;用眼睛去睇
  2. 考慮

Examples

  • 我親眼看見了。

    I saw it with my own eyes.

    Tatoeba · egg0073 CC BY

  • 我妹妹亲眼看到它了。

    My sister saw it with her own eyes.

    Tatoeba · sadhen CC BY

  • 这个老人一只眼看不见了。

    The old man is blind in one eye.

    Tatoeba · ydcok CC BY

  • 那顆星星可以用裸眼看到。

    That star is visible to the naked eye.

    Tatoeba · cienias CC BY

  • 细菌微小到无法用肉眼看到。

    Bacteria are so small that they cannot be seen with the naked eye.

    Tatoeba · vicch CC BY

  • 第一眼看起來,那個問題似乎很容易。

    At first glance, the question seemed easy.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 眼看手勿動

    to watch with one's eyes but not to touch with one's hands

  • 我眼見架火車喺我面前走咗。

    我眼看那列火車在我面前走了。 (ngo5 ngaan5 hon3 naa5 lit6 fo2 ce1 zoi6 ngo5 min6 cin4 zau2 liu5.)

    I watched as the train left in front of me. ----

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

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