收皮

Chinese

		to receive; to accept; to collect to receive; to accept; to collect; in care of (used on address line after name)	leather; skin; fur
simp. and trad. (收皮)		收	皮

Said to be originated from the gambling game Fan-Tan.

收皮 (Cantonese)

(vulgar) to shut up
收皮啦你！ [Guangzhou Cantonese] ― sau¹ pei⁴ laa¹ nei⁵! [Jyutping] ― Why don't you shut up!
(vulgar) to call it a day
(vulgar) to be done for; to be finished
呢間公司冇乜生意，應該就快收皮㗎喇。 [Cantonese, trad.]
呢间公司冇乜生意，应该就快收皮㗎喇。 [Cantonese, simp.]
ne¹ gaan¹ gung¹ si¹ mou⁵ mat¹ saang¹ ji³, jing¹ goi¹ zau⁶ faai³ sau¹ pei⁴ gaa³ laa³. [Jyutping]
Business is slow for this company. It will probably go bankrupt quite soon.
條友係咪已經收咗皮？我好似好耐冇聽過佢個名。 [Cantonese, trad.]
条友系咪已经收咗皮？我好似好耐冇听过佢个名。 [Cantonese, simp.]
tiu⁴ jau^5-2 hai⁶ mai¹ ji⁵ ging¹ sau¹ zo² pei⁴? ngo⁵ hou² ci⁵ hou² noi⁶ mou⁵ teng¹ gwo³ keoi⁵ go³ meng^4-2. [Jyutping]
Was that lad done for? I didn't heard about his name for a long time.
(vulgar) to finish off (someone)

Dialectal synonyms of 住口 (“to shut up; to stop talking”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		住口, 住嘴, 閉嘴
Mandarin	Taiwan	閉嘴
Mandarin	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