閉嘴

See also: 闭嘴

Chinese

		to close; stop up; shut to close; stop up; shut; obstruct	mouth
trad. (閉嘴)		閉	嘴
simp. (闭嘴)		闭	嘴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bìzuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄗㄨㄟˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bi⁴ zui³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bai³ zeoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìzuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄗㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìzuěi
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-tsui³
    • Yale: bì-dzwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihtzoei
    • Palladius: бицзуй (biczuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: bi⁴ zui³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bizui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹³ t͡suei⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bai³ zeoi²
    • Yale: bai jéui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bai³ dzoey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bei³ zêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐi̯³³ t͡sɵy̯³⁵/

Verb

閉⫽嘴 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. (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! [Pinyin]

   Shut up and do what I say!

Synonyms

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• 住口 (zhùkǒu)
• 住嘴 (zhùzuǐ)
• 絕口／绝口 (juékǒu) (literary)

 

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
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	閉嘴
	Taiwan	閉嘴
	Singapore	閉嘴, 靜靜
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	閉嘴
Cantonese	Guangzhou	收聲, 收口, 收嗲, 收皮
	Hong Kong	收聲, 收口, 收嗲, 收皮
	Ipoh (Guangfu)	收聲, 恬
	Singapore (Guangfu)	收聲, 收嗲
Hakka	Meixian	合嘴
Southern Min	Tainan	恬去
	Penang (Hokkien)	恬
	Singapore (Hokkien)	恬
	Manila (Hokkien)	恬
	Leizhou	關喙
Wu	Shanghai	關脫