粵

打daa2量loeng4

daa2 loeng4daa2 loeng6dǎ liang

English

  1. to size sb up
  2. to look sb up and down
  3. to take the measure of
  4. to suppose
  5. to reckon
  6. to size up someone; to watch someone to see if they are up to no good

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 目光專注咁上下掃視對方,希望從外表獲取資訊,多指不懷好意

Examples

  • 他把我從頭到腳打量了一番。

    He stared at me from head to foot.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 他把我从头到脚打量了一番。

    He looked me over from head to foot.

    Tatoeba · fercheung CC BY

  • 嗰條友眼定定咁打量咗我哋好耐,會唔會有咩企圖?

    That guy has been sizing us up for some time. Does he have malicious intentions?

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

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