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

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)

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

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