抌心口

Chinese

		to pound	centre of chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus centre of chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; chest
simp. and trad. (抌心口)		抌	心口

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dam² sam¹ hau²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dam² sam¹ hau²
    • Yale: dám sām háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dam² sam¹ hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dem² sem¹ heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐm³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/

Verb

抌⫽心口 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese, literal) to pound one's chest
2. (Cantonese, figurative) to be very remorseful; to regret
3. (Guangzhou Cantonese, figurative) to blackmail