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Chinese[edit]
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to receive; to accept; to collect to receive; to accept; to collect; in care of (used on address line after name)
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sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds) sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise
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trad. (收聲)
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收
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聲
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simp. (收声)
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收
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声
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Pronunciation[edit]
收⫽聲 (verb-object)
- (Cantonese) to stop talking; to shut up
- 收聲啦!/收声啦! [Cantonese] ― sau1 seng1 laa1! [Jyutping] ― Shut up!
好心你收句聲啦! [Cantonese, trad.]
好心你收句声啦! [Cantonese, simp.]- hou2 sam1 nei5 sau1 geoi3 seng1 laa1! [Jyutping]
- For goodness' sake, quit talking!
講到收唔到聲 [Cantonese, trad.]
讲到收唔到声 [Cantonese, simp.]- gong2 dou3 sau1 m4 dou3-2 seng1 [Jyutping]
- can't stop talking
Synonyms[edit]
- 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
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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住口, 住嘴, 閉嘴
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Mandarin
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Taiwan
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閉嘴
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Singapore
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閉嘴, 靜靜
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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收聲, 收口, 收嗲, 收皮
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Hong Kong
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收聲, 收口, 收嗲, 收皮
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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收聲, 收嗲
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Hakka
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Meixian
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合嘴
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Southern Min
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Tainan
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恬去
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Penang (Hokkien)
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恬
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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恬
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Leizhou
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關喙
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- (film) location sound-recording
Synonyms[edit]
Synonym: 收音 (shōuyīn)