粵

收sau1緊gan2

simp收紧
sau1 gan2shōu jǐn

English

  1. to tighten up (restrictions etc)
  2. to firm up a muscular body part
  3. to tighten (a rule or the law)

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 令肌肉更加紮實
  2. 令規則或者法例變得嚴啲、覆蓋得闊啲

Examples

  • 收緊線條

    to tone up one's figure ----

  • 收緊條例

    to tighten the law

  • 而家法例收緊咗,喺自己辦公室都唔食得煙喇。

    Now the law has been tightened and one may not smoke even in one's office.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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