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): ㄕㄡ ㄎㄡˇ

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

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• 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⁾/
• 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

1. to close up; to heal (of a wound)
2. to cast off; to bind off (in knitting)

Synonyms

• (to heal): 癒合／愈合 (yùhé); (Min Nan) 收喙