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”.

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuō Cáo Cāo, Cáo Cāo dào

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛㄘㄠˊ ㄘㄠ, ㄘㄠˊ ㄘㄠㄉㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ cou⁴ cou¹, cou⁴ cou¹ dou³

說曹操，曹操到

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
Mandarin	Taiwan	說曹操，曹操就到
Cantonese	Hong Kong	一講曹操，曹操就到, 日頭唔好講人，夜晚唔好講鬼
Min Nan	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

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