眼白白 [－－－]

Jyutping ngaan5 baak6 baak6
Pinyin yǎn bái bái

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. (adverb) (look on) dully or blankly; (look on) helplessly; to describe how one is watching something happening right before one's very eyes but that there is nothing that one can do about it
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 副詞
    無助​；​只能​夠睇​住​一​啲​自己​唔​想​嘅​事​發​生​，​而​做​唔​到​任何​嘢
    helplessly; to look on helplessly
    • 佢眼白白睇住個女俾人捉走。
      佢眼白白睇住个女俾人捉走。
      keoi5 ngaan5 baak6 baak6 tai2 zyu6 go3 neoi2 bei2 jan4 zuk1 zau2.
      He helplessly witnessed his daughter being kidnapped.
    • 九秒九飛奔去巴士站，但都眼白白目送車尾。
      九秒九飞奔去巴士站，但都眼白白目送车尾。
      gau2 miu5 gau2 fei1 ban1 heoi3 baa1 si2 zaam6, daan6 dou1 ngaan5 baak6 baak6 muk6 sung3 ce1 mei5.
      I rushed to the bus stop, but witnessed the bus depart.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adv, Cantonese
    helplessly; powerlessly
    (syn.) 眼巴巴, 眼睜睜, 眼睁睁
    • 佢眼白白望住佢𰥛喺病床嘅爸爸过身。
      佢眼白白望住佢𰥛喺病床嘅爸爸过身。
      keoi5 ngaan5 baak6 baak6 mong6 zyu6 keoi5 fan3 hai2 beng6 cong4 ge3 baa4 baa1 gwo3 san1.
      He looked helplessly at his father passing away on his deathbed.
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. 眼睜睜 – 眼睁睁
  2. 眼巴巴
  3. 發愣 – 发愣
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢眼白白睇住个女俾人捉走。
    佢眼白白睇住個女俾人捉走。
    keoi5 ngaan5 baak6 baak6 tai2 zyu6 go3 neoi2 bei2 jan4 zuk1 zau2.
    • He helplessly witnessed his daughter being kidnapped.
  2. Cantonese
    九秒九飞奔去巴士站，但都眼白白目送车尾。
    九秒九飛奔去巴士站，但都眼白白目送車尾。
    gau2 miu5 gau2 fei1 ban1 heoi3 baa1 si2 zaam6, daan6 dou1 ngaan5 baak6 baak6 muk6 sung3 ce1 mei5.
    • I rushed to the bus stop, but witnessed the bus depart.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Cantonese
    佢眼白白望住佢𰥛喺病床嘅爸爸过身。
    佢眼白白望住佢𰥛喺病床嘅爸爸过身。
    keoi5 ngaan5 baak6 baak6 mong6 zyu6 keoi5 fan3 hai2 beng6 cong4 ge3 baa4 baa1 gwo3 san1.
    • He looked helplessly at his father passing away on his deathbed.