住口

Chinese

		to live; to dwell; to reside to live; to dwell; to reside; to stop	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad. (住口)		住	口

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhùkǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˋ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu⁶ hau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhùkǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhùkǒu
    • Wade–Giles: chu⁴-kʻou³
    • Yale: jù-kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juhkoou
    • Palladius: чжукоу (čžukou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyu⁶ hau²
    • Yale: jyuh háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy⁶ hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ju⁶ heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː²² hɐu̯³⁵/

Verb

住口

1. to stop talking; to shut up

Synonyms

• 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
Mandarin	Taiwan	閉嘴
	Singapore	閉嘴, 靜靜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	收聲, 收口, 收嗲, 收皮
	Hong Kong	收聲, 收口, 收嗲, 收皮
	Singapore (Guangfu)	收聲, 收嗲
Hakka	Meixian	合嘴
Southern Min	Tainan	恬去
	Penang (Hokkien)	恬
	Singapore (Hokkien)	恬
	Leizhou	關喙