睇 (dì): to cast a sidelong glance (lite…

Meanings

1 to cast a sidelong glance (literary)
2 (Cantonese) to look at; to watch; to see

Characters

睇

dì

to glance sidelong; (Cantonese) to look

Examples

今晚我们去睇戏啦。

Jīnwǎn wǒmen qù dì xì la.

(Cantonese) Let's go see a movie tonight.

她斜睇了他一眼，没说话。

Tā xié dì le tā yì yǎn, méi shuōhuà.

She glanced sideways at him without a word.

Tips

register

Two registers: in classical Chinese 睇 is a literary word for a sidelong look (seen in 《楚辞》); in modern Cantonese it is the ordinary verb 'to look / watch', equal to Mandarin 看.

Components

radical

目 mù

eye

Left side is the eye radical 目, since the character is entirely about looking — glancing in classical use, plain seeing in Cantonese.

phonetic

弟 dì

younger brother; sound element

Right side 弟 supplies the reading dì exactly — a clean phonetic, also seen in 递.

Stroke Order

睇 dì

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