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
(Pinyin): shōukǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡㄎㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ hau²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siu-kháu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shōukǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡㄎㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shoukǒu
  - Wade–Giles: shou¹-kʻou³
  - Yale: shōu-kǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoukoou
  - Palladius: шоукоу (šoukou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
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/
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/

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

(to heal): 癒合／愈合 (yùhé); (Cantonese) 埋口; (Hokkien) 收喙
(to shut up):

Dialectal synonyms of 住口 (“to shut up; to stop talking”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		住口, 住嘴, 閉嘴
Mandarin	Taiwan	閉嘴
Mandarin	Singapore	閉嘴, 靜靜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	收聲, 收口, 收嗲, 收皮
	Hong Kong	收聲, 收口, 收嗲, 收皮
	Singapore (Guangfu)	收聲, 收嗲
Hakka	Meixian	合嘴
Southern Min	Tainan	恬去
	Penang (Hokkien)	恬
	Singapore (Hokkien)	恬
	Leizhou	關喙

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