sau1 hon3收看
Jyutpingsau1 hon3
Yalesāu hon
Definition
To watch a television programme, livestream, or broadcast.
neutralcommunication
How it's used
Broadcast media and formal television announcements prefer this term over the more casual 睇電視. It carries a slightly professional or institutional tone, often used by hosts or news anchors to address an audience. While perfectly understandable in daily life, it sounds a bit stiff if used when talking about watching a casual YouTube video or a movie with friends.
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Do not use this for watching live events in person or viewing physical objects, as it is strictly reserved for broadcasted media content like television shows or news segments.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
