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睇片

English translation: see/watch the video(s); see/watch the clip(s)

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Chinese term or phrase:睇片
English translation:see/watch the video(s); see/watch the clip(s)
Entered by: ricochu0311

04:58 Oct 14, 2008
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Chinese term or phrase: 睇片
"睇片"是什么意思？谢谢！
Fan Gao
Australia
Local time: 19:35
see/watch the video(s); see/watch the clip(s)
Explanation:
I'm a Cantonese speaker so I understand what it means. "片" must be moving pictures like movie, tv shows, and it usually means short clips or parts of the entire video. It doesn't mean static pictures, however.
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ricochu0311
Hong Kong
Local time: 17:35
Grading comment
Thanks


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Summary of answers provided
5 +2see/watch the video(s); see/watch the clip(s)
ricochu0311
3 +1see a film, watch a movie
Yurek
Summary of reference entries provided
Comments: 睇片 vs 睇試片 vs 試相
Shirley Lao

Discussion entries: 4





  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
see a film, watch a movie


Explanation:
看片，看电影
FYI

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Note added at 8分钟 (2008-10-14 05:07:24 GMT)
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也可以看照片的，具体得看“片”指的是什么

Yurek
China
Local time: 17:35
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Francis Fine
40 mins
  -> thanks
agree  y_lewarne
5 hrs
  -> thanks
disagree  LIZ LI: like Shirley Lao says, 看电影is usually 睇戏. Of course it can also refer to 电影，but rare.
8 hrs
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59 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
see/watch the video(s); see/watch the clip(s)


Explanation:
I'm a Cantonese speaker so I understand what it means. "片" must be moving pictures like movie, tv shows, and it usually means short clips or parts of the entire video. It doesn't mean static pictures, however.

ricochu0311
Hong Kong
Local time: 17:35
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  carol so
4 hrs
  -> xie xie so much!!!
agree  LIZ LI
7 hrs
  -> xie xie so much!!!
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Reference comments


2 hrs peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: Comments: 睇片 vs 睇試片 vs 試相

Reference information:
Although "睇片" may mean "watching a movie", it is more common to say "睇戲" (watching a movie) in Cantonese.

I believe that the character "片" in "睇片" more relates to short clips or videos that are viewed over the Internet using a mobile phone or a PC.

Moreover, film directors may also say 睇片 to mean "watching a preview" (睇試片).

"試相" means "seeing a photograph" in Cantonese. In Cantonese, a photograph is usually called "相" instead of 片.



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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-10-14 07:45:44 GMT)
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The title should be "Comments: 睇片 vs 睇試片 vs 睇相".

"睇相" means "seeing a photograph" in Cantonese.

Shirley Lao
Taiwan
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 36

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  ricochu0311
22 hrs
  -> Thanks!
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