睇低

Chinese

		look down upon; (Cantonese) to look; to see look down upon; (Cantonese) to look; to see; to look after; to think	to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; low; to incline; beneath
trad. (睇低)		睇	低
simp. ^#(睇低)		睇	低

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): tai² dai¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tai² dai¹
  - Yale: tái dāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tai² dai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tei² dei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯³⁵ tɐi̯⁵⁵/

Verb

睇低

(Cantonese) to look down on
- 1984, “Monica”, in 黎彼得 (lyrics), Leslie, performed by 張國榮:
  
  你以往教我教我戀愛真諦
   只可惜初生之虎將你睇低 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  你以往教我教我恋爱真谛
   只可惜初生之虎将你睇低 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  nei⁵ ji⁵ wong⁵ gaau³ ngo⁵ gaau³ ngo⁵ lyun² ngoi¹ zan¹ dai³
  zi² ho² sik¹ co¹ saang¹ zi¹ fu² zoeng¹ nei⁵ tai² dai¹ [Jyutping]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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