收衫

Chinese

		to receive; to accept; to collect to receive; to accept; to collect; in care of (used on address line after name)	Chinese gown (unlined)
simp. and trad. (收衫)		收	衫

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ saam¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siu-saⁿ

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau¹ saam¹
    • Yale: sāu sāam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ saam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ sam¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-saⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: siu-sann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siusvaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² sã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu³³ sã³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² sã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ sã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ sã⁴⁴/

Verb

收⫽衫 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese, Southern Min) to bring in laundry (from a drying line or pole)

   個天好似想落雨，快啲去收衫啦！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   个天好似想落雨，快啲去收衫啦！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   go³ tin¹ hou² ci⁵ soeng² lok⁶ jyu⁵, faai³ di¹ heoi³ sau¹ saam¹ laa¹! [Jyutping]

   It looks like it's about to rain. Quickly bring in the laundry outside!