收口
Chinese
to receive; to accept; to collect to receive; to accept; to collect; in care of (used on address line after name) |
mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (收口) |
收 | 口 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shōukǒu
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄡ ㄎㄡˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shoukǒu
- Wade–Giles: shou1-kʻou3
- Yale: shōu-kǒu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoukoou
- Palladius: шоукоу (šoukou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sau1 hau2
- Yale: sāu háu
- Cantonese Pinyin: sau1 hau2
- Guangdong Romanization: seo1 heo2
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-kháu
- Tâi-lô: siu-kháu
- Phofsit Daibuun: siu'qao
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² kʰau⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /siu³³ kʰau⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
Verb
收⫽口 (verb-object)
- to close up; to heal (of a wound)
- to cast off; to bind off (in knitting)
- (Cantonese) to shut up; to stop talking
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 住口 (“to shut up; to stop talking”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 住口, 住嘴, 閉嘴 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 閉嘴 |
| Taiwan | 閉嘴 | |
| Malaysia | 恬, 收皮 vulgar, 閉嘴 | |
| Singapore | 閉嘴, 靜靜 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 閉嘴 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 收聲, 收口, 收嗲, 收皮 vulgar |
| Hong Kong | 收聲, 收口, 收嗲, 收皮 vulgar | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 收聲, 收嗲, 收皮 vulgar, 恬, 恬柒 vulgar | |
| Ipoh (Guangfu) | 收聲, 恬 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 收聲, 收嗲 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 合嘴 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 恬去 |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 恬 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 恬 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 恬 | |
| Medan (Hokkien) | 恬 | |
| Leizhou | 關喙 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 關脫 |