收嗲
Chinese
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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trad. (收嗲) | 收 | 嗲 | |
simp. #(收嗲) | 收 | 嗲 | |
alternative forms | 收爹 |
Etymology
嗲 (de1) may be from Teochew 茶 (dê5, “tea”).
Pronunciation
Verb
收嗲
- (Cantonese) to stop talking; to shut up
- 2002 December 12, Alan Mak, Felix Chong, 無間道 [Infernal Affairs], Media Asia Entertainment Group, Basic Pictures, spoken by 陳永仁 [Chen Wing Yan] (Tony Leung Chiu-wai):
- 收嗲啦!呢句嘢我聽咗九千幾次啦! [Cantonese, trad.]
- sau1 de1 laa1! ni1 geoi3 je5 ngo5 teng1 zo2 gau2 cin1 gei2 ci3 laa1! [Jyutping]
- Shut up! I've heard this sentence more than nine thousand times!
收嗲啦!呢句嘢我听咗九千几次啦! [Cantonese, simp.]
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Synonyms
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Dialectal synonyms of 住口 (“to shut up; to stop talking”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words edit |
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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 |
Min Nan | Tainan | 恬去 |
Penang (Hokkien) | 恬 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 恬 |
Related terms
- 搭嗲