見人講人話，見鬼講鬼話 [见－讲－话－见－讲－话]

Jyutping gin3 jan4 gong2 jan4 waa2 gin3 gwai2 gong2 gwai2 waa2
Pinyin jiàn rén jiǎng rén huà ， jiàn guǐ jiǎng guǐ huà

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    因應​唔​同​人​嘅​喜好​，​每次​都​淨​係​講​佢​覺​得​啱​聽​嘅​嘢​，​去​取悦​人
    to try to please everybody; to adapt one's manner to the people one is with; to have many faces; to be insincere; literally: meeting a human one speaks human language, meeting a ghost one speaks ghost language

見人講人話，見鬼講鬼話 [见－讲－话－见－讲－话]

Jyutping gin3 jan4 gong2 jan4 waa2 gin3 gwai2 gong2 gwai2 waa2
Pinyin jiàn rén jiǎng rén huà , jiàn guǐ jiǎng guǐ huà

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. a fence rider
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    见人讲人话，见鬼讲鬼话
    見人講人話，見鬼講鬼話
    • To a person, he speaks like a person; to a ghost, he speaks like a ghost.