合嘴

Chinese

		to close; to gather; to join to close; to gather; to join; to fit; all; together	mouth
trad. (合嘴)		合	嘴
simp. #(合嘴)		合	嘴

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): hab⁶ zoi⁴

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• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hab⁶ zoi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /hap̚⁵ t͡soɪ⁵³/

Verb

合嘴

1. (Hakka) to stop talking; to shut up

Synonyms

• 住口 (zhùkǒu)
• 住嘴 (zhùzuǐ)
• 絕口／绝口 (juékǒu) (literary)
• 閉嘴／闭嘴 (bìzuǐ) (chiefly as a command)

 

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
	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