收斂

See also: 収斂, 収㪘, and 收敛

Chinese

		to receive; to accept; to collect to receive; to accept; to collect; in care of (used on address line after name)	arrange; control oneself; gather
trad. (收斂)		收	斂
simp. (收敛)		收	敛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shōuliǎn, shōuliàn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡㄌㄧㄢˇ, ㄕㄡㄌㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ lim⁵
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): siu¹ lieng⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siu-liám

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shōuliǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡㄌㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shouliǎn
  - Wade–Giles: shou¹-lien³
  - Yale: shōu-lyǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoulean
  - Palladius: шоулянь (šouljanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shōuliàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡㄌㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shouliàn
  - Wade–Giles: shou¹-lien⁴
  - Yale: shōu-lyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shouliann
  - Palladius: шоулянь (šouljanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ li̯ɛn⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    收斂 / 收敛
    收殮 / 收殓
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau¹ lim⁵
  - Yale: sāu líhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ lim⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ lim⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ liːm¹³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: siu¹ lieng⁵ [Phonetic: siu² lieng⁵]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: siu-liāng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiu⁵³³⁻¹³ liɛŋ¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: siu¹ lieng⁵ [Phonetic: siu² lieng⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiu⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ liɛŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-liám
  - Tâi-lô: siu-liám
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siuliarm
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² liam⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siu³³ liam⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² liam⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ liam⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ liam⁴¹/

Verb

收斂

(of a light ray, smile, etc.) to vanish; to disappear; to fade
- 這時的夕陽，終於收斂了光芒而漸漸溫和，如一光焰柔柔的大紅燈籠懸在海與天的盡頭。 [MSC, trad.]
  这时的夕阳，终于收敛了光芒而渐渐温和，如一光焰柔柔的大红灯笼悬在海与天的尽头。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1997, Wang Weiwei, “Sunset Impression”
  Zhèshí de xīyáng, zhōngyú shōuliǎn le guāngmáng ér jiànjiàn wēnhé, rú yī guāngyàn róuróu de dà hóng dēnglóng xuán zài hǎi yǔ tiān de jìntóu. [Pinyin]
  The setting sun at that time began to finally let its light fade and became gradually mild, just as a big red lantern shedding gently its light hanging where the sea meets the sky.
to restrict; to constrain (behaviour, etc.); to curb; to restrain oneself; to pull back
(mathematics) to converge
- 單調有界序列必收斂． [MSC, trad.]
  单调有界序列必收敛． [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2009, Wu Shengjian, Mathematical Analysis, volume I
  Dāndiào yǒujiè xùliè bì shōuliǎn. [Pinyin]
  Every bounded monotonic sequence converges.
(medicine) to astringe; to make astringent
to collect (a fee)
to contract
to put away