關喙

Chinese

		to close; to shut; to turn off to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass	beak; to pant
trad. (關喙)		關	喙
simp. (关喙)		关	喙

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): gue¹ cui³

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• Southern Min
  • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: gue¹ cui³
    • Sinological IPA: /kuɛ³⁵⁻³³ t͡sʰui²¹/

Verb

關⫽喙 (verb-object)

1. (Leizhou Min) to stop talking; to shut up

Synonyms

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• 住口 (zhùkǒu)
• 住嘴 (zhùzuǐ)
• 絕口／绝口 (juékǒu) (literary)
• 閉嘴／闭嘴 (bìzuǐ) (chiefly as a command)

 

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