見過鬼怕黑

Chinese

		to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	ghost; sly; crafty	to be afraid; to fear	black; dark; Heilongjiang Province (abbrev.)
trad. (見過鬼怕黑)		見	過	鬼	怕	黑
simp. (见过鬼怕黑)		见	过	鬼	怕	黑
Literally: “having seen a ghost, (one would) be afraid of the dark”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gin³ gwo³ gwai² paa³ hak¹, gin³ gwo³ gwai² paa³ haak¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gin³ gwo³ gwai² paa³ hak¹, gin³ gwo³ gwai² paa³ haak¹
    • Yale: gin gwo gwái pa hāk, gin gwo gwái pa hāak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gin³ gwo³ gwai² paa³ hak⁷, gin³ gwo³ gwai² paa³ haak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gin³ guo³ guei² pa³ heg¹, gin³ guo³ guei² pa³ hag¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn³³ kʷɔː³³ kʷɐi̯³⁵ pʰaː³³ hɐk̚⁵/, /kiːn³³ kʷɔː³³ kʷɐi̯³⁵ pʰaː³³ haːk̚⁵/

Idiom

見過鬼怕黑

1. (Cantonese) once bitten, twice shy

Synonyms

• 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草繩／一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草绳 (yīzhāo bèi shé yǎo, shínián pà cǎoshéng)