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掌

zhǎng

HSK 5 Character

What 掌 means

1. palm of the hand
2. sole of the foot
3. paw
4. horseshoe
5. to slap
6. to hold in one's hand
7. to wield

Example sentences

• 击掌！
  High five!
• 击掌。
  Give me five.
• 众人鼓掌。
  Everybody applauded.
• 汤姆鼓掌。
  Tom applauded.
• 掌管指挥所。
  Zhǎngguǎn zhǐhuī suǒ.
  Take control of the command post.
• 学生们鼓掌。
  The students applauded.

Words starting with 掌

• 掌握zhǎng wòto grasp (often fig.); to control; to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny)
• 掌声zhǎng shēngapplause
• 掌心zhǎng xīnhollow of the palm
• 掌柜zhǎng guìshopkeeper
• 掌管zhǎng guǎnin charge of; to control
• 掌权zhǎng quánto wield (political etc) power; be in power
• 掌故zhǎng gùanecdote; tales (esp. about a historical figure)
• 掌上明珠zhǎng shàng míng zhūlit. a pearl in the palm (idiom); fig. beloved person (esp. daughter)
• 掌声雷动zhǎng shēng léi dòngthunderous applause (idiom)
• 掌嘴zhǎng zuǐto slap
• 掌厨zhǎng chúto prepare meals; chef
• 掌控zhǎng kòngto control; in control of
• 掌击zhǎng jīto slap
• 掌机zhǎng jīhandheld game console
• 掌灯zhǎng dēngto hold a lamp; to light a lamp
• 掌相zhǎng xiàngpalmistry; features of a palm (in palmistry)
• 掌眼zhǎng yǎnto appraise (an antique, a cultural relic, jewelry etc)
• 掌门zhǎng ménsect leader (often in wuxia 武侠
• 掌上压zhǎng shàng yā(HK, Malaysia) push-up; press-up (exercise)
• 掌子面zhǎng zi miànface (mining)
• 掌门人zhǎng mén rén(wuxia) sect leader; (fig.) person in charge; head; leader; proprietor
• 掌上电脑zhǎng shàng diàn nǎohandheld computer; PDA (personal digital assistant); Pocket PC
• 掌骨zhǎng gǔmetacarpal bone (long bones in the hand and feet)
• 掌勺zhǎng sháoto be in charge of the cooking; to be the chef; head cook

Words containing 掌

• 鼓掌gǔ zhǎngto applaud; to clap
• 巴掌bā zhangpalm of the hand; classifier: slap
• 手掌shǒu zhǎngpalm
• 了如指掌liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎngto know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom); to know (a person, a place etc) inside…
• 仙人掌xiān rén zhǎngcactus
• 熊掌xióng zhǎngbear paw (as food)
• 执掌zhí zhǎngto wield (power etc)
• 脚掌jiǎo zhǎngthe sole of the foot
• 合掌hé zhǎngto clasp hands; to put one's palms together (in prayer)
• 击掌jī zhǎngto clap one's hands; to clap each other's hands; high five
• 摩拳擦掌mó quán cā zhǎngfig. to rub one's fists and wipe one's palms (idiom)…
• 易如反掌yì rú fǎn zhǎngeasy as a hand's turn (idiom); very easy; no effort at all
• 魔掌mó zhǎngthe power of sb or sth evil; the clutches (of a bad person etc)
• 主掌zhǔ zhǎngin charge (of a position etc); the person in charge; responsible
• 反掌fǎn zhǎnglit. to turn over one's palm; fig. everything is going very well.
• 接掌jiē zhǎngto take over; to take control
• 职掌zhí zhǎngto be in charge of; assignment
• 股掌gǔ zhǎng(have sb in) the palm of one's hand; fig. (under) one's complete control
• 马掌mǎ zhǎngthe cutin skin of a horse's hoof; horseshoe
• 为爱鼓掌wèi ài gǔ zhǎng(neologism; slang) to have sex
• 如来佛的掌心Rú lái fó de zhǎng xīnthe palm of the Buddha's hand…
• 长掌义县龙cháng zhǎng Yì xiàn lóngYixianosaurus longimanus, theropod dinosaur from Yi county 义县, Jinzhou 锦州, west Liaoning
• 鱼与熊掌yú yǔ xióng zhǎnglit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time…
• 擎拳合掌qíng quán hé zhǎngto clasp hands; to put one's palms together (in obeisance)

Characters that look like 掌

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 常chángalways; ever; often
• 犁líplow
• 雳lìused in 霹雳
• 掣chèto pull; to draw; to pull back
• 覃tándeep
• 零língzero; nought; zero sign

Sounds the same

Read zhǎng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 涨to rise (of prices, rivers)
• 长chief; head; elder
• 鞝patch of leather
• 仉surname Zhang