跳到主要內容
粵語辭叢

頭七

tau4 cat1收錄於 2 本詞典
粵典 (words.hk)香港

指人死後第一個七日。相傳人死後第七晚半夜魂魄會返屋企,叫做#回魂。傳統習俗上,家人應準備一啲飯菜響廳中,然後上牀就寢迴避,以免離世者記掛家人 (the first seventh day after death of a person. In Chinese tradition, a dead person's ghost will return home on the seventh night, his/her family should prepare some meals in the living room, and go to sleep early to avoid the ghost seeing the family and feels not easy to leave. Literally: the first seven)

名詞

用例

啲人話頭七好猛㗎,我哋今晚都係早啲走,唔好打搞人喇。

di1 jan4 waa6 tau4 cat1 hou2 maang5 gaa3, ngo5 dei6 gam1 maan1 dou1 hai6 zou2 di1 zau2, m4 hou2 daa2 gaau2 jan4 laa3.

Some say ghosts are most active on the seventh night, so we should leave early tonight to avoid disturbing them.

維基詞典粵語

原書拼音: /tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰɐt̚⁵/

the (first of every) seventh day after a person's death; the first seven-day period after a person's death