粵

小siu2心sam1翼jik6翼jik6

siu2 sam1 jik6 jik6xiǎo xīn yì yì

English

  1. (idiom) cautious; careful; prudent
  2. with the utmost care; very cautiously

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 非常小心咁樣做一啲嘢,希望將人為影響減至最低

Examples

  • 佢小心翼翼咁將個花樽放入個盒度。

    He put the vase in a box with the utmost care.

  • BB瞓着咗,阿祖驚嘈醒BB,所以就行得好小心翼翼。

    The baby is asleep and Joe is afraid to wake the baby up, so he walks very cautiously so as not to make any noise.

  • 她小心翼翼地走。

    She walked very carefully.

    Tatoeba · mtdot CC BY

  • 警察小心翼翼地抬起箱子。

    The policeman lifted the box carefully.

    Tatoeba · tsayng CC BY

  • 我妈妈小心翼翼地打开门。

    My mother opened the door very carefully.

    Tatoeba · musclegirlxyp CC BY

  • 老人小心翼翼地过了马路。

    The old man walked across the road carefully.

    Tatoeba · jiangche CC BY

  • 警察小心翼翼地抬起了箱子。

    The policeman lifted the box carefully.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 汤姆小心翼翼地把刀子上的指纹擦掉。

    Tom carefully wiped his fingerprints off the knife.

    Tatoeba · fenfang557 CC BY

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

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