踮腳尖 (dim2/3 goek3 zim1) — to tiptoe; to walk on tiptoe | Cant.: 趷… in Cantonese

dim2/3踮goek˗₃腳zimˉ¹尖

简踮脚尖

Mandarin Pinyin: dian3 jiao3 jian1

Meaning of 踮腳尖

nounto tiptoe; to walk on tiptoe | Cant.: 趷起; 趷腳; 跀腳; 趌腳; 腳; 躡腳; 蹨腳; 䟴高

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keoiˏ₅佢dimˊ²踮goek˗₃腳zimˉ¹尖taiˊ²睇

He stood on tiptoe to see.

ngoˏ₅我soengˊ²想dimˊ²踮goek˗₃腳zimˉ¹尖loˊ²攞

I want to stand on tiptoe to get it.

siuˊ²小pangˎ₄朋jauˏ₅友dimˊ²踮goek˗₃腳zimˉ¹尖

The child is on tiptoe.

mˎ₄唔gau˗₃夠gouˉ¹高jiu˗₃要dimˊ²踮goek˗₃腳zimˉ¹尖

Not tall enough, need to stand on tiptoe.

dimˊ²踮goek˗₃腳zimˉ¹尖taiˊ²睇hei˗₃戲

Stand on tiptoe to watch the show.

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