"touch wood" meaning in Chinese

See touch wood in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /tʰɐt͡ʃ⁵⁵ wuːt̚⁵⁵/
Etymology: From English touch wood. Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|touch wood}} English touch wood Head templates: {{head|zh|conjunction}} touch wood
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) supposing (that something bad happens); what if (something bad happens) Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-touch_wood-zh-conj-mwfhAxdF Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Hong Kong Cantonese

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          "english": "Supposing that I were to die in a car accident tomorrow, what would you do then?",
          "roman": "touch wood ngo⁵ ting¹ jat⁶ caau² ce¹ zau² zo², nei⁵ wui⁵ dim² zou⁶ a¹? [Jyutping]",
          "text": "touch wood我聽日炒車走咗,你會點做吖? [Cantonese, trad.]\ntouch wood我听日炒车走咗,你会点做吖? [Cantonese, simp.]",
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