東張西望 [东张－－]

Jyutping dung1 zoeng1 sai1 mong6
Pinyin dōng zhāng xī wàng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to look in all directions (idiom)
  2. to glance around
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    周圍​望
    to gaze around; to glance this way and that; to look in every direction
    • 集中啲，唔好東張西望。
      集中啲，唔好东张西望。
      zaap6 zung1 di1, m4 hou2 dung1 zoeng1 sai1 mong6.
      Just be concentrate. Don't gaze around.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to look around
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #908
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    东张西望
    東張西望
    dung1 zoeng1 sai1 mong6
    • to look left and right
  2. Cantonese
    集中啲，唔好东张西望。
    集中啲，唔好東張西望。
    zaap6 zung1 di1, m4 hou2 dung1 zoeng1 sai1 mong6.
    • Just be concentrate. Don't gaze around.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    东张西望
    東張西望
    dōng zhāng xī wàng
    • to look around
  2. Mandarin
    我有时走得很快，像要去赶一个迟到的约会；有时小步慢走，东张西望，漫无目标。
    我有時走得很快，像要去趕一個遲到的約會；有時小步慢走，東張西望，漫無目標。
    wǒ yǒu shí zǒu de hěn kuài ， xiàng yào qù gǎn yī ge chí dào de yuē huì ； yǒu shí xiǎo bù màn zǒu ， dōng zhāng xī wàng ， màn wú mù biāo ．
    • Sometimes I walk very fast as if I was late for a date; sometimes I loiter, gaze around, without a certain destination in mind.