粵

赤cek3口hau2

cek3 hau2chì kǒu

English

  1. third day of Chinese New Year
  2. The third day of the Lunar calendar. It has been said that on the day it would be easy to misspeak, offend others, and get into a quarrel, and therefore it is recommended that new year visits be deferred until another day.

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 正月嘅第三日；大家認為呢日好易講錯嘢，同人爭執，於是大家會留喺屋企，唔會拜年或者同親友見面

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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