先見 [－见]

Jyutping sin1 gin3
Pinyin xiān jiàn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. foresight
  2. prescience
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    foresight; prescience; foreknowledge; forethought; prophetic vision
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    大学毕业之后阿华潜咗水好耐，直至到旧年先见佢蒲返头。
    大學畢業之後阿華潛咗水好耐，直至到舊年先見佢蒲返頭。
    daai6 hok6 bat1 jip6 zi1 hau6 aa3 waa4 cim4 zo2 seoi2 hou2 noi6, zik6 zi3 dou3 gau6 nin2 sin1 gin3 keoi5 pou4 faan1 tau4.
    • Wah disappeared for a long time after graduating from college. He didn't show up until last year.
  2. Cantonese
    等咗成半粒钟先见到架巴士埋站，你话系咪离谱吖？
    等咗成半粒鐘先見到架巴士埋站，你話係咪離譜吖？
    dang2 zo2 seng4 bun3 nap1 zung1 sin1 gin3 dou2 gaa3 baa1 si2 maai4 zaam6, nei5 waa6 hai6 mai6 lei4 pou2 aa1?
    • Don't you think it is absolutely absurd to have to wait half an hour for a bus?
  3. Cantonese
    我哋大前日先见完。
    我哋大前日先見完。
    ngo5 dei6 daai6 cin4 jat6 sin1 gin3 jyun4.
    • We just met each other three days ago.
  4. Cantonese
    做运动要持之以恒先见效。
    做運動要持之以恆先見效。
    zou6 wan6 dung6 jiu3 ci4 zi1 ji5 hang4 sin1 gin3 haau6.
    • Exercise works only when you keep doing it.
  5. Cantonese
    佢嘅设想走得好前，即使有先见之明，都要过咗好长时间，等到印证咗嘞，大众先至认同。
    佢嘅設想走得好前，即使有先見之明，都要過咗好長時間，等到印證咗嘞，大眾先至認同。
    keoi5 ge3 cit3 soeng2 haang2 dak1 hou2 cin4, zik1 si2 jau5 sin1 gin3 zi1 ming4, dou1 jiu3 gwo3 zo2 hou2 coeng4 si4 gaan3, dang2 dou3 jan3 zing3 zo2 laak3, daai6 zung1 sin1 zi3 jing6 tung4.
    • His idea was pioneering. Yet, even though he recognized it in advance, it had taken quite a long time until it was proved, to gain agreement of the mass.