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 [colloquial] in Cantonese | HKDictionary

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: ri4tou5 wu2 hao3 jiang3 ren2, ye4wan3 wu2 hao3 jiang3 gui3

Meaning of 日頭唔好講人，夜晚唔好講鬼

nounspeak of the devil [colloquial]

Characters in 日頭唔好講人，夜晚唔好講鬼

head; hair; hairstyle

not; no | [華] 不

well; all right; okay

Cantonese dialectical word: say; speak

manpower; staff; human resources

night; dark; darkness; in night

terrible; horrible; damnable

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