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
Min Nan (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)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau¹ hau²
  - Yale: sāu háu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ hau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ heo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-kháu
  - Tâi-lô: siu-kháu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siu'qao
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiu³³ kʰau⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɕiu⁴⁴⁻²² kʰau⁵³/

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; (Min Nan) 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
Min Nan	Tainan	恬去
	Penang (Hokkien)	恬
	Singapore (Hokkien)	恬

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