封口

Chinese

		to confer; to grant; to seal to confer; to grant; to seal; (a measure word)	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad. (封口)		封	口

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēngkǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ hau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hong-kháu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēngkǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fongkǒu
    • Wade–Giles: fêng¹-kʻou³
    • Yale: fēng-kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengkoou
    • Palladius: фэнкоу (fɛnkou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 封口 風口 / 风口

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fung¹ hau²
    • Yale: fūng háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 封口 風口 / 风口

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-kháu
    • Tâi-lô: hong-kháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongqao
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³ kʰau⁵⁵⁴/

Verb

封口

1. to close up; to seal
2. to heal (of a wound)
3. to hush someone up; to make someone be quiet

Synonyms

• (to hush someone up):

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• 堵嘴 (dǔzuǐ)
• 封喙 (Hokkien)
• 封嘴 (fēngzuǐ)
• 窒喙 (Hokkien)
• 窒喙空 (Hokkien)

 

Derived terms

• 封口費 / 封口费 (fēngkǒufèi)

 

Noun

封口

1. flap or seal of an envelope