收 (sau1) — receive; accept; take in Cantonese

sauˉ¹收

Mandarin Pinyin: shou1

Meaning of 收

nounreceive; accept; take

nounend; come to a close

nouncontain

nounretrieve; take back; put away

noundraw together; gather; collect

noun(verb) 1. to store; 2. to keep

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Example Sentences with 收

多謝收睇

thank you for watching

beiˊ²畀ngoˏ₅我zauˍ₆就jatˉ¹一zouˊ²早sauˉ¹收sin˗₃綫mˎ₄唔tungˎ₄同keoiˏ₅佢deˉ¹嗲gam˗₃咁noiˍ₆耐！

I would have hung up the phone and not chatted with her for so long.

收聲啦, 嘈到拆樓咁!

Shut up, you're making a lot of noise!

ngoˏ₅我deoi˗₃對haaiˎ₄鞋beiˊ²畀ngoˏ₅我zou6je5做go2dou6嘢go˗₃嗰bei3syu1度sau1maai4-zo2個秘書收埋咗

My shoes were hidden by the secretary at work.

我頭先email畀你嗰啲資料，你收到未呀？

Have you get the information I emailed to you just now yet?

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Words Containing 收

收押sau1 aat3

detain; take into custody

收風sau1 fung1

to collect information

收陀地sau1 to4 dei2

to collect protection fees (by gang members) in their own territory

收場sau1 coeng4

end; winding down

收銀員sau1 ngan2 jyun4

counterperson; clerk; cashier

收聽sau1 teng1

to listen (to); to listen (in)

收回sau1 wui4

to take back; to retake; to regain | Cant.: 收返; 攞返

收服sau1 fuk6

to force an enemy to surrender; to subdue sb

收拾sau1 sap6

to put in order; to tidy up | [粵]: 執手尾, rel. terms: 收檔, 收攤

收起sau1 hei2

retracting

覆水難收fuk1 seoi2 naan4 sau1

what's done can't be undone; it is no use crying over spilt milk

收容所sau1 jung4 so2

holding facility

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