動詞
睇真啲;仔細噉睇、觀察;用詞比較文雅 (decent) to look carefully
細看之下,我發覺媽媽真係老咗好多。
细看之下,我发觉妈妈真系老咗好多。
sai3 hon3 zi1 haa6, ngo5 faat3 gok3 maa4 maa1 zan1 hai6 lou5 zo2 hou2 do1. When I looked at my mother carefully, I discovered that she has aged a lot.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
verb
to look closely; to examine carefully
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
他拿了面镜子细看自己的舌头。
他拿了面鏡子細看自己的舌頭。
tā ná le miàn jìng zǐ xì kàn zì jǐ de shé tou 。
He picked up a mirror and examined his tongue.
He picked up a mirror and looked at his tongue.
He took a mirror and carefully examined his tongue.
Mandarin
约翰的母亲看起来很年轻,别人不细看倒以为她是约翰的姐姐。
約翰的母親看起來很年輕,別人不細看倒以為她是約翰的姐姐。
yuē hàn de mǔ qīn kàn qǐ lai hěn nián qīng , bié ren bù xì kàn dào yǐ wéi tā shì yuē hàn dī jiě jiě 。
John's mother looks so young that she is often mistaken for his elder sister.
Mandarin
你仔细看看,太新鲜啦!
你仔細看看,太新鮮啦!
nǐ zǐ xì kàn kan , tài xīn xiān la !
Take a good look, it's really fresh!
Mandarin
他仔细看了我的报告。
他仔細看了我的報告。
tā zǐ xì kàn le wǒ de bào gào 。
I skimmed through a few history books. Regardless of the era, the pages were filled with words like, “virtue and morality.” In any case, I couldn't fall asleep, so I spent half the night carefully reading. It was only then that I was able to read the words between the lines. The books were filled with the words, “Eat people!”