收口
sau1 hau2shōu kǒu
English
- (knitting, basket weaving etc) to cast off; to bind
- to shut up (Cantonese)
- (of a wound) to close up; to heal
- used for telling a person to be quiet; similar to "shut up"
- (of a wound) to heal
粵語 — Cantonese
- 用嚟叫人收聲;特別當被遏止嗰個人煽風點火或者不斷講唔適合嘅説話嘅時候
- 傷口埋口,癒合
Examples
氣氛都咁緊張喇,你可唔可以收口?
Can you just shut up when the atmosphere is so tense?
你個傷口一個禮拜應該會收口㗎啦。
Your wound should heal in a week.
Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk