Cantonese Dictionary

看作

hon3 zok3

Mandarin: kan4 zuo4

look upon as; regard as

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看來

hon3 loi4

Mandarin: kan4 lai5

[1] apparently, it appears; [2] it seems that, it seems

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看出

hon3 ceot1

Mandarin: kan4 chu1

to make out; to see

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看到

hon3 dou3

Mandarin: kan4 dao4

can see

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看到

hon3 dou3*2

Mandarin: kan4 dao4

look; have looked | Cant.: 睇到

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看圖識字

hon3 tou4 sik1 zi6

Mandarin: kan4 tu2 shi2 zi4

learn to read with the aid of pictures

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看好

hon3 hou2

Mandarin: kan4 hao3

looking good; promising

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看守

hon1 sau2

Mandarin: kan1 shou3

to guard, watch | [粵]: also 睇住

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看守人

hon1 sau2 jan4

Mandarin: kan1 shou3 ren2

watcher; watchman; guarder [Syn.] 看守者; 看守員

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看守室

hon1 sau2 sat1

Mandarin: kan1 shou3 shi4

a jailer's room; a gaoler's room

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看守所

hon1 sau2 so2

Mandarin: kan4 shou3 suo3

detention centre, "lockup"

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看守政府

hon1 sau2 zing3 fu2

Mandarin: kan1 shou3 zheng4 fu3

caretaker government/administration

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看家

hon1 gaa1

Mandarin: kan1 jia1

look after the house; mind the house; outstanding (ability); special (skill)

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看小

hon3 siu2

Mandarin: kan4 xiao3

to look down

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看待

hon1 doi6

Mandarin: kan4 dai4

look upon; regard; treat

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看得見

hon3 dak1 gin3

Mandarin: kan4 de2 jian4

visible

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看懂

hon3 dung2

Mandarin: kan4 dong3

understand what one is reading or watching

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看扁

hon3 bin2

Mandarin: kan4 bian3

to regard as worthless, to look down upon, to give up on | [粵]: 睇衰, 睇死

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看更

hon1 gaang1

Mandarin: kan1 geng1

a security guard

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看書

hon3 syu1

Mandarin: kan4 shu1

read (a book)

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看樣子

hon3 joeng6 zi2

Mandarin: kan4 yang4 zi5

it seems; it looks as if

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看法

hon3 faat3

Mandarin: kan4 fa3

[1] way of looking at a thing, view [2] opinion, perception [粵]: 睇法

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看牛

hon1 ngau4

Mandarin: kan1 niu2

to cowherd; often used as an expression to describe the energy required to look after an overactive child

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看看

hon3 hon3

Mandarin: kan4 kan4

to take a look at; to examine; to survey

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看管

hon1 gun2

Mandarin: kan1guan3

look after; attend to; guard; watch

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看見

hon3 gin3

Mandarin: kan4 jian4

Simplified: 看见

(adverb) Initially

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看護

hon1 wu6

Mandarin: kan1 hu4

keep watch over; nurse (a patient)

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看護婦

hon1 wu6 fu5

Mandarin: kan1 hu4 fu4

nurse [Syn]護士；姑娘

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看起來

hon3 hei2 loi4

Mandarin: kan4 qi3 lai2

[idiom] looks as if (based on what is known so far)

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看透

hon3 tau3

Mandarin: kan4 tou4

understand thoroughly; see through

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