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Jyutping sai3 hon3
Pinyin xì kàn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to peer
  2. to scan
  3. to examine carefully
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 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)
  1. verb
    to look closely; to examine carefully
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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!
  4. 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 。
    • He looked over my report.
  5. Mandarin
    吃药之前一定要仔细看说明书。
    吃藥之前一定要仔細看説明書。
    chī yào zhī qián yī dìng yào zǐ xì kàn shuō míng shū 。
    • When taking drugs, follow the directions on the bottle carefully.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    细看之下,我发觉妈妈真系老咗好多。
    細看之下,我發覺媽媽真係老咗好多。
    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.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    细看
    細看
    xì kàn
    • to carefully examine
  2. Mandarin
    我翻开历史一查,这历史没有年代,歪歪斜斜的每页上都写着“仁义道德”几个字。我横竖睡不着,仔细看了半夜,才从字缝里看出字来,满本都写着两个字是“吃人”!
    我翻開歷史一查,這歷史沒有年代,歪歪斜斜的每頁上都寫着“仁義道德”幾個字。我橫豎睡不着,仔細看了半夜,才從字縫裏看出字來,滿本都寫着兩個字是“吃人”!
    wǒ fān kāi lì shǐ yī chá , zhè lì shǐ méi yǒu nián dài , wāi wāi xié xié de měi yè shàng dōu xiě zhe “ rén yì dào dé ” jǐ ge zì . wǒ héng shù shuì bù zháo , zǐ xì kàn le bàn yè , cái cóng zì féng li kàn chū zì lái , mǎn běn dōu xiě zhe liǎng ge zì shì “ chī rén ” !
    • 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!”