拍爛手掌

Chinese

		to clap; to pat; to beat to clap; to pat; to beat; to hit; to slap; to take (a picture)	rotten; decayed; well-cooked rotten; decayed; well-cooked; mushy; broken; bad; to decay; completely	palm
trad. (拍爛手掌)		拍	爛	手掌
simp. (拍烂手掌)		拍	烂	手掌
Literally: “to clap one's hands until they are destroyed”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paak³ laan⁶ sau² zoeng²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paak³ laan⁶ sau² zoeng²
    • Yale: paak laahn sáu jéung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paak⁸ laan⁶ sau² dzoeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: pag³ lan⁶ seo² zêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːk̚³ laːn²² sɐu̯³⁵ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/

Verb

拍爛⫽手掌 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese) to applaud intensively; to highly appreciate