收風

Chinese

		to receive; to accept; to collect to receive; to accept; to collect; in care of (used on address line after name)	wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner
trad. (收風)		收	風
simp. (收风)		收	风

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shōufēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡ ㄈㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ fung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shōufēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡ ㄈㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shoufong
    • Wade–Giles: shou¹-fêng¹
    • Yale: shōu-fēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoufeng
    • Palladius: шоуфэн (šoufɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau¹ fung¹
    • Yale: sāu fūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ fung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ fung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

收⫽風 (verb-object)

1. to let a prisoner back to the prison cell after letting them out

   Antonym: 放風／放风 (fàngfēng)

2. (chiefly Cantonese) to collect information; to hear from rumours

   派人收風／派人收风 [Cantonese]  ―  paai³ jan⁴ sau¹ fung¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to have someone to collect information

   收到風話嚟緊公司會cut人手喎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   收到风话嚟紧公司会cut人手㖞。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   sau¹ dou² fung¹ waa⁶ lei⁴ gan² gung¹ si¹ wui⁵ kat¹ jan⁴ sau² wo³. [Jyutping]

   I've heard that the company's laying off employees.

Related terms

• 放風／放风 (fàngfēng, “to let prisoners out for an exercise; to spread the news”)