睇透

Chinese

		look down upon; (Cantonese) to look; to see look down upon; (Cantonese) to look; to see; to look after; to think	to penetrate; thorough; penetrating to penetrate; thorough; penetrating; to pass through; to pierce
trad. (睇透)		睇	透
simp. #(睇透)		睇	透

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tai² tau³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tai² tau³
    • Yale: tái tau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai² tau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei² teo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯³⁵ tʰɐu̯³³/

Verb

睇透

1. (Cantonese) to understand thoroughly; to gain insight into; to see through (recognize someone's true motives or character)
   • 1985, “順流、逆流”, 蔡國權 (lyrics), performed by 徐小鳳:

     每一串汗水，換每一個成就，從來得失我睇透。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     每一串汗水，换每一个成就，从来得失我睇透。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     mui⁵ jat¹ cyun³ hon⁶ seoi², wun⁶ mui⁵ jat¹ go³ sing⁴ zau⁶, cung⁴ loi⁴ dak¹ sat¹ ngo⁵ tai² tau³. [Jyutping]

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Synonyms

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• 勘破 (kānpò) (literary)
• 參透／参透 (cāntòu)
• 看清 (kànqīng)
• 看破 (kànpò)
• 看穿 (kànchuān)
• 看透 (kàntòu)
• 睇穿 (tai² cyun¹) (Cantonese)
• 窺破／窥破 (kuīpò)
• 識破／识破 (shípò)