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Chinese
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to close; stop up; shut to close; stop up; shut; obstruct
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mouth
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trad. (閉嘴)
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閉
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嘴
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simp. (闭嘴)
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闭
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嘴
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Pronunciation
Verb
閉⫽嘴 (verb-object) (intransitive)
- (chiefly as a command) to stop talking; to shut up
閉嘴,我怎麼說你就怎麼辦! [MSC, trad.]
闭嘴,我怎么说你就怎么办! [MSC, simp.]- Bìzuǐ, wǒ zěnme shuō nǐ jiù zěnme bàn!
- Shut up and do what I say!
Synonyms
- 住口 (zhùkǒu)
- 住嘴 (zhùzuǐ)
- 絕口 / 绝口 (juékǒu) (literary)
Dialectal synonyms of
住口 (“to shut up; to stop talking”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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住口, 住嘴, 閉嘴
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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閉嘴
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Taiwan
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閉嘴
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Singapore
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閉嘴, 靜靜
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Guilin
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閉嘴
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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收聲, 收口, 收嗲, 收皮
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Hong Kong
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收聲, 收口, 收嗲, 收皮
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Ipoh (Guangfu)
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收聲, 恬
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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收聲, 收嗲
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Hakka
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Meixian
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合嘴
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Southern Min
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Tainan
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恬去
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Penang (Hokkien)
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恬
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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恬
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Manila (Hokkien)
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恬
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Leizhou
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關喙
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Wu
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Shanghai
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關脫
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