粵

百baak3倮lo4宴jin3

baak3 lo4 jin3bǎi luǒ yàninferred

English

  1. a party to celebrate the one hundredth day since the birthday of an infant; 'baak jat', of the same pronunciation, also means the 100th day after a person died, so to avoid saying "death" for infant, people say 'baak lo' instead

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 百日宴，避開「做百日」發音，意思係死咗一百日嘅祭祀，唔吉利

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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