Cantonese words starting with T

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to know from experience; to realize; experience

side of the body

to look carefully; to see clearly

(noun) (of medicine) Constitution

tai2 zeon2 hei2 faai3

睇準起筷睇准起筷

take aim and pick up your aimed food (spoken)

volume (amount of space an object occupies)

tai2 zik1 daan1 wai2

體積單位体积单位

(verb) see a patient

tai2 zoi6… fan6 soeng5

睇在...份上

seeing that it is …. only; purely out of respect for … only [colloquial]

fancy; liking someone or something (spoken)

looking; staring; watching

tai2 zyu6 keoi5 tau2

睇住佢頭睇住渠头

Follow someone; to learn and copy from someone

(verb) watch out; to pay attention

to substitute for; to replace; on behalf of; to decline; to supersede

to act as substitute

替班兒替班儿

erhua variant of 替班[ti4 ban1]

to replace (a damaged component with a new one, an injured player with a substitute player, full-time workers with casual workers etc); a replacement

to substitute for; to supersede

tai3 doi6 jin4 liu2

alternative fuel

tai3 dou1 mun4 mei4

剃刀門楣剃刀门楣

shaving more than one time, to refer too much levy

to take the tonsure; tonsure (shaved head of Buddhist monk)

tai3 faat3 lau4 bin1

剃髮留辮剃发留辫

to shave the head but keep the queue

tai3 faat3 ling6

剃髮令剃发令

the Qing order to all men to shave their heads but keep a queue, first ordered in 1646

(theater) understudy

替角兒替角儿

erhua variant of 替角[ti4 jue2]

tai3 gu2 jan4 daam1 jau1

替古人擔憂替古人担忧

to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom); to worry unnecessarily; often used with negatives, e.g. no need to worry about past issues

tai3 gu2 jan4 daam1 jau1

替古人耽憂替古人耽忧

to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom); to worry unnecessarily; often used with negatives, e.g. no need to worry about past issues

replacement worker

tai3 gwong1 tau4

剃光頭剃光头

to shave the whole head clean

tai3 leoi6 gaau1 lau4

涕淚交流涕泪交流

tears and mucus flowing profusely (idiom); weeping tragically

shaving (spoken)

tai3 ngaan5 mei4

(phrasal verb) to insult or to embarrass someone in public.

stand-in; body double; scapegoat; to stand in for sb else

tai3 san1 jin2 jyun4

替身演員替身演员

substitute actor (esp. in fights of theatrical stunts)

to take someone's place; to sacrifice oneself for others; to be a scapegoat for someone [colloquial]

tai3 sei2 gwai2

tai3 si3 pong4 to4

a flood of tears and mucus

tai3 si3 waang4 lau4

涕泗橫流涕泗横流

tears and mucus flowing profusely; in a tragic state