睇穿

睇穿

Chinese

		look down upon; (Cant.) to look; to see look down upon; (Cant.) to look; to see; to look after; to think	to bore through; pierce; perforate to bore through; pierce; perforate; penetrate; pass through; to dress; to wear; to put on; to thread
trad. (睇穿)		睇	穿
simp. #(睇穿)		睇	穿

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tai² cyun¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tai² cyun¹
    • Yale: tái chyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai² tsyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei² qun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯³⁵ t͡ʃʰyːn⁵⁵/

Verb

睇⫽穿 (verb-complement)

1. (Cantonese) to see through (a scheme, disguise, person, etc.)

   睇穿佢籠嘢／睇穿佢笼嘢 [Cantonese]  ―  tai² cyun¹ keoi⁵ lung^4-2 je⁵ [Jyutping]  ―  to see through their schemes

Synonyms

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勘破 (kānpò) (literary) 看清 (kànqīng) 看破 (kànpò) 看穿 (kànchuān)

看透 (kàntòu) 參透／参透 (cāntòu) 窺破／窥破 (kuīpò) 識破／识破 (shípò)