眼看
ngaan5 hon3yǎn kàn
English
- soon
- in a moment
- to look on as sth happens
- to watch with one's eyes
- to consider
粵語 — Cantonese
- 即係眼見;用眼睛去睇
- 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