收拾

收拾

Chinese

		to receive; to accept; to collect to receive; to accept; to collect; in care of (used on address line after name)	pick up; ten (fraud-proof)
simp. and trad. (收拾)		收	拾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shōushi, shōushí

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡ ˙ㄕ, ㄕㄡ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ sap⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sû-si̍p
• Min Nan (POJ): siu-si̍p

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: shōushi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡ ˙ㄕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shou.shy
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: shōushí
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡ ㄕˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoushy
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau¹ sap⁶
    • Yale: sāu sahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ sap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ seb⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ sɐp̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sû-si̍p
    • Hakka Romanization System: su´ xib
    • Hagfa Pinyim: su¹ xib⁶
    • IPA: /su²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕip̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-si̍p
    • Tâi-lô: siu-si̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siusip
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiu⁴⁴⁻²² ɕip̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiu³³ ɕip̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiu⁴⁴⁻²² ɕip̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiu⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕip̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiu⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕip̚⁴/

Verb

收拾

1. to tidy (a table, room, etc.); to put in order; to clean up; to clear
2. to mend; to repair
3. to pack (one’s bags)
4. (colloquial) to deal with; to punish; to discipline
5. (colloquial) to settle a score with; to kill or harm; to wipe out
6. (literary) to free oneself; to extricate oneself; to relieve

Derived terms

一發不可收拾／一发不可收拾 (yīfābùkěshōushi)

不可收拾 (bùkěshōushí)