住嘴

Chinese

		to live; to dwell; to reside to live; to dwell; to reside; to stop	mouth
trad. (住嘴)		住	嘴
simp. #(住嘴)		住	嘴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhùzuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu⁶ zeoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhùzuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhùzuěi
    • Wade–Giles: chu⁴-tsui³
    • Yale: jù-dzwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juhtzoei
    • Palladius: чжуцзуй (čžuczuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹ t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyu⁶ zeoi²
    • Yale: jyuh jéui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy⁶ dzoey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ju⁶ zêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː²² t͡sɵy̯³⁵/

Verb

住嘴

1. (often in commands) to shut up; to stop talking

Synonyms

• 住口 (zhùkǒu)
• 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