收爐

Chinese

		to receive; to accept; to collect to receive; to accept; to collect; in care of (used on address line after name)	stove
trad. (收爐)		收	爐
simp. (收炉)		收	炉
alternative forms		修爐／修炉
Literally: “to turn off the stove”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ lou⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau¹ lou⁴
    • Yale: sāu lòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ lou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ lou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ lou̯²¹/

Verb

收爐

1. (Cantonese, originally of restaurants) to close for business for the Chinese New Year

   本店年三十晚收爐，初五啟市。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   本店年三十晚收炉，初五启市。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   bun² dim³ nin⁴ saam¹ sap⁶ maan⁵ sau¹ lou⁴, co¹ ng⁵ kai² si⁵. [Jyutping]

   Our shop will be closing on the Chinese New Year's eve and reopen on the 5th day of Chinese New Year.