拍胸脯

Chinese

		to clap; to pat; to beat to clap; to pat; to beat; to hit; to slap; to take (a picture)	chest; breast
trad. (拍胸脯)		拍	胸脯
simp. #(拍胸脯)		拍	胸脯
Literally: “to beat [one's] chest”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pāixiōngpú

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄞ ㄒㄩㄥ ㄆㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paak³ hung¹ pou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pāixiōngpú
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄞ ㄒㄩㄥ ㄆㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: paisyongpú
    • Wade–Giles: pʻai¹-hsiung¹-pʻu²
    • Yale: pāi-syūng-pú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paishiongpwu
    • Palladius: пайсюнпу (pajsjunpu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ pʰu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paak³ hung¹ pou²
    • Yale: paak hūng póu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paak⁸ hung¹ pou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: pag³ hung¹ pou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːk̚³ hʊŋ⁵⁵ pʰou̯³⁵/

Verb

拍胸脯

1. to take responsibility and guarantee