睇書

Chinese

		look down upon; (Cantonese) to look; to see look down upon; (Cantonese) to look; to see; to look after; to think	book; letter
trad. (睇書)		睇	書
simp. (睇书)		睇	书

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tai² syu¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): toin² ze¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tai² syu¹
    • Yale: tái syū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai² sy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei² xu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯³⁵ syː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: toin² ze¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thóiⁿ tsṳ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰõĩ⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sɯ³³/

Verb

睇⫽書 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese, Teochew, intransitive) to read books; to read
2. (Cantonese, Teochew, intransitive) to read; to study

Synonyms

• 看書／看书 (kànshū)
• (Hokkien) 看冊／看册
• (Teochew) 睒書／睒书