四sei3四sei3聲seng1

English

1. the sound of 'die die' all the time (the sound of 四 sounds like '死'die') [colloquial]
2. used for describing the similar pronunciation between 'four' and 'die', implying the speaker does not like talking about 'four' due to this connection

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 形容「四」字同「死」字諧音，暗示講者唔鍾意「死」嘅意思

Examples

• 四四聲唔好聽

  talking about four is ominous

• 阿媽話唔鍾意住十四樓，四四聲唔好意頭喎！

  My mum does not like living on 14th floor because the pronunciation of 'four' is similar to that of 'die', which implies bad luck!