收尾

Chinese

		to receive; to accept; to collect to receive; to accept; to collect; in care of (used on address line after name)	tail
simp. and trad. (收尾)		收	尾
alternative forms		收屘 Cantonese

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shōuwěi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡ ㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ mei⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sû-mî
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siu-bóe / siu-bé

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shōuwěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡ ㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shouwěi
    • Wade–Giles: shou¹-wei³
    • Yale: shōu-wěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shouwoei
    • Palladius: шоувэй (šouvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau¹ mei⁵
    • Yale: sāu méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ mei̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sû-mî
    • Hakka Romanization System: su^ˊ mi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: su¹ mi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /su²⁴⁻¹¹ mi²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-bóe
    • Tâi-lô: siu-bué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siu'boea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ bue⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-bé
    • Tâi-lô: siu-bé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siu'bea
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ be⁵³/

Verb

收尾

1. to bring to a conclusion; to wind up; to finish

Synonyms

• 煞尾 (shāwěi)

Noun

收尾

1. ending (of an essay, an article, a play, etc.)

Pronunciation 2

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ mei^5-1 / sau¹ mei⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau¹ mei^5-1 / sau¹ mei⁵
    • Yale: sāu mēi / sāu méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ mei^5-1 / sau¹ mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ méi^5-1 / seo¹ méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ mei̯¹³⁻⁵⁵/, /sɐu̯⁵⁵ mei̯¹³/

Adverb

收尾

1. (Cantonese) in the end; finally

   原底想話今晚去睇戲嘅，收尾大家都話唔得閒，所以就冇去到。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   原底想话今晚去睇戏嘅，收尾大家都话唔得闲，所以就冇去到。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   jyun⁴ dai² soeng² waa⁶ gam¹ maan^5-1 heoi³ tai² hei³ ge³, sau¹ mei^5-1 daai⁶ gaa¹ dou¹ waa⁶ m⁴ dak¹ haan⁴, so² ji⁵ zau⁶ mou⁵ heoi³ dou³. [Jyutping]

   We originally were going to go watch a movie tonight, but in the end everyone said they were busy, so we didn't get to go.