收拾

Cantonese · source Jyutpingsau1 sap6

Meanings

  1. (Cantonese)
  2. to deal with
  3. to punish or kill
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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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Reading & tones

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Same syllable, six tones

sap湿sap1trivialsap2—sap3—sap4—sap5—十sap6ten

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

  • 收拾 shōu shi CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: shou1 shi5. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sau1 sap6

Cantonese word readings for 收拾. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

verb

  1. to tidy (a table, room, etc.); to put in order; to clean up; to clear; to pack (one’s bags)
  2. to tidy (a table, room, etc.); to put in order; to clean up; to clear; to pack (one’s bags) — to clean up a fish to be ready for cooking (e. g. to kill a fish if not dead, remove its guts, wash it and remove scales and fins if necessary)
  3. to mend; to repair
  4. (colloquial) to deal with; to punish; to discipline
  5. (colloquial) to settle a score with; to kill or harm; to wipe out
  6. (archaic, transitive) to free oneself of; to extricate oneself from; to relieve oneself of; to get rid of (sorrow, sadness)

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Mandarin comparison: CC-CEDICT 2026-10-13, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source reading differences and six-tone sets: computed by zimai from Unihan 17.0.0 (Unicode License V3).

Exact source record & identity收拾 收拾 [shou1 shi5] {sau1 sap6} /(Cantonese)/to deal with/to punish or kill/

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