嘢可以亂食，說話唔可以亂講

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Chinese

(Cantonese) thing
can; may; can
can; may; can; to be able to
 
 wildly; haphazardly; arbitrarily to eat words; what one says may not; cannot wildly; haphazardly; arbitrarily to speak; to talk
trad. (嘢可以亂食，說話唔可以亂講/嘢可以亂食，説話唔可以亂講) 嘢 可以 亂 食 ， 說話/説話 唔可以 亂 講
simp. (嘢可以乱食，说话唔可以乱讲) 嘢 可以 乱 食 ， 说话 唔可以 乱 讲
Literally: “food could be eaten haphazardly, words cannot be spoken haphazardly”.

Pronunciation

  • Cantonese
    • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
      • Jyutping: je5 ho2 ji5 lyun6-2 sik6, syut3 waa6 m4 ho2 ji5 lyun6-2 gong2
      • Yale: yéh hó yíh lyún sihk, syut wah m̀h hó yíh lyún góng
      • Cantonese Pinyin: je5 ho2 ji5 lyn6-2 sik9, syt8 waa6 m4 ho2 ji5 lyn6-2 gong2
      • Guangdong Romanization: yé5 ho2 yi5 lün6-2 xig6, xud3 wa6 m4 ho2 yi5 lün6-2 gong2
      • Sinological IPA (key): /jɛː¹³ hɔː³⁵ jiː¹³ lyːn²²⁻³⁵ sɪk̚² syːt̚³ waː²² m̩²¹ hɔː³⁵ jiː¹³ lyːn²²⁻³⁵ kɔːŋ³⁵/

Idiom

嘢可以亂食，說話唔可以亂講

  1. (Cantonese) Used to tell someone to be careful of one's words.
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