捶胸頓足

Chinese

		beat with the fist; to hammer; to cudgel	chest; bosom; heart chest; bosom; heart; mind; thorax	a time; jerk; stop a time; jerk; stop; meal; bout; spell; (measure for beating)	foot; to be sufficient
trad. (捶胸頓足)		捶	胸	頓	足
simp. (捶胸顿足)		捶	胸	顿	足

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuíxiōngdùnzú

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄩㄥ ㄉㄨㄣˋ ㄗㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi⁴ hung¹ deon⁶ zuk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuíxiōngdùnzú
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄩㄥ ㄉㄨㄣˋ ㄗㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuéisyongdùnzú
    • Wade–Giles: chʻui²-hsiung¹-tun⁴-tsu²
    • Yale: chwéi-syūng-dwùn-dzú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chweishiongduenntzwu
    • Palladius: чуйсюндуньцзу (čujsjundunʹczu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ tu̯ən⁵¹ t͡su³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi⁴ hung¹ deon⁶ zuk¹
    • Yale: chèuih hūng deuhn jūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey⁴ hung¹ doen⁶ dzuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu⁴ hung¹ dên⁶ zug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯²¹ hʊŋ⁵⁵ tɵn²² t͡sʊk̚⁵/

Idiom

捶胸頓足

1. to beat one's breast; to display intense sorrow or regret