扚起心肝

Chinese

		to lift	to rise; to raise; to get up	heart and liver; conscience; sincere affection
trad. (扚起心肝)		扚	起	心肝
simp. #(扚起心肝)		扚	起	心肝
alternative forms		的起心肝 𢯊起心肝

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dik¹ hei² sam¹ gon¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dik¹ hei² sam¹ gon¹
    • Yale: dīk héi sām gōn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dik⁷ hei² sam¹ gon¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dig¹ héi² sem¹ gon¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪk̚⁵ hei̯³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ kɔːn⁵⁵/

Verb

扚起心肝

1. (Cantonese) to be determined or resolved to do something (especially after procrastination)

Synonyms

• 下決心／下决心 (xià juéxīn)
• 下老毛 (xia⁵ lau³ mau²) (Xiang)
• 判決／判决 (pànjué)
• 定奪／定夺 (dìngduó)
• 拍板 (pāibǎn) (figurative)
• 決定／决定 (juédìng)
• 決心／决心 (juéxīn)
• 決意／决意 (juéyì)
• 決斷／决断 (juéduàn)
• 決計／决计 (juéjì)
• 滿意／满意 (mǎnyì) (literary)
• 狠心 (hěnxīn)