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日頭唔好講人,夜晚唔好講鬼 (jat6 tau2 m4 hou2 gong2 jan4, je6 maan5 m4 hou2 gong2 gwai2) — speak of the devil in Cantonese

jatˍ₆日tauˊ²頭mˎ₄唔houˊ²好gongˊ²講jan4,人,jeˍ₆夜maanˏ₅晚mˎ₄唔houˊ²好gongˊ²講gwaiˊ²鬼
简 日头唔好讲人,夜晚唔好讲鬼
Mandarin Pinyin: ri4 tou2 wu2 hao3 jiang3 ren2 , ye4 wan3 wu2 hao3 jiang3 gui3

Meaning of 日頭唔好講人,夜晚唔好講鬼

nounspeak of the devil

Characters in 日頭唔好講人,夜晚唔好講鬼

日jat6
day; daytime
頭tau4
head; hair; hairstyle
唔m4
not; no | [華] 不
好hou2
well; all right; okay
講gong2
Cantonese dialectical word: say; speak
人jan4
manpower; staff; human resources
夜je6
night; dark; darkness; in night
晚maan5
late
鬼gwai2
terrible; horrible; damnable

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