收風 (sau1 fung1) — to collect information in Cantonese

sauˉ¹收fungˉ¹風

简收风

Mandarin Pinyin: shou1 feng1

Meaning of 收風

nounto collect information

nounto receive secret information, often used when police receive some secret information from the informers

ngoˏ₅我heoi˗₃去sauˉ¹收fung1.風。

I'm going to gather information.

keoiˏ₅佢sengˎ₄成jatˍ₆日sauˉ¹收fung1.風。

He/She always gathers information.

cingˎ₄情bouˊ²報bouˊ²部sauˉ¹收fungˉ¹風wo3.喎。

The intel department got wind of it.

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