說曹操，曹操到

See also: 说曹操，曹操到

Chinese

		to speak; to say; persuade (politically)	Cao Cao		Cao Cao	to (a place); until (a time); up to to (a place); until (a time); up to; to go; to arrive
trad. (說曹操，曹操到)		說	曹操	，	曹操	到
simp. (说曹操，曹操到)		说	曹操	，	曹操	到
Literally: “speak of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao arrives”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuō Cáo Cāo, Cáo Cāo dào

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛ ㄘㄠˊ ㄘㄠ , ㄘㄠˊ ㄘㄠ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ cou⁴ cou¹, cou⁴ cou¹ dou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuō Cáo Cāo, Cáo Cāo dào
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛ ㄘㄠˊ ㄘㄠ , ㄘㄠˊ ㄘㄠ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuo Cáo Cao, Cáo Cao dào
    • Wade–Giles: shuo¹ Tsʻao² Tsʻao¹, Tsʻao² Tsʻao¹ tao⁴
    • Yale: shwō Tsáu Tsāu-, Tsáu Tsāu dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuo Tsaur Tsau, Tsaur Tsau daw
    • Palladius: шо Цао Цао, Цао Цао дао (šo Cao Cao, Cao Cao dao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syut³ cou⁴ cou¹, cou⁴ cou¹ dou³
    • Yale: syut chòuh chōu, chòuh chōu dou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ tsou⁴ tsou¹, tsou⁴ tsou¹ dou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xud³ cou⁴ cou¹, cou⁴ cou¹ dou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːt̚³ t͡sʰou̯²¹ t͡sʰou̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯²¹ t͡sʰou̯⁵⁵ tou̯³³/

Proverb

說曹操，曹操到

1. (idiomatic) speak of the devil and he shall appear

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 說曹操，曹操到 (“Speak of the devil and he shall appear.”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		說曹操，曹操到, 說曹操，曹操就到, 說到曹操，曹操就到
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	說曹操，曹操就到
	Singapore	說曹操，曹操到
Cantonese	Hong Kong	一講曹操，曹操就到, 日頭唔好講人，夜晚唔好講鬼
	Singapore (Guangfu)	講到曹操，曹操到
Southern Min	Xiamen	講儂儂遘，講鬼鬼遘
	Quanzhou	講儂儂遘，講鬼鬼遘
	Zhangzhou	講儂儂遘，講鬼鬼遘
Puxian Min	Putian	日咧伓通講儂，暝咧伓通講鬼