嘢可以亂食，說話唔可以亂講

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, [but] words cannot be spoken haphazardly”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁵ ho² ji⁵ lyun^6-2 sik⁶, syut³ waa⁶ m⁴ ho² ji⁵ lyun^6-2 gong²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: je⁵ ho² ji⁵ lyun^6-2 sik⁶, syut³ waa⁶ m⁴ ho² ji⁵ lyun^6-2 gong²
    • Yale: yéh hó yíh lyún sihk, syut wah m̀h hó yíh lyún góng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁵ ho² ji⁵ lyn^6-2 sik⁹, syt⁸ waa⁶ m⁴ ho² ji⁵ lyn^6-2 gong²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé⁵ ho² yi⁵ lün^6-2 xig⁶, xud³ wa⁶ m⁴ ho² yi⁵ lün^6-2 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.