掌 zhǎng

  1. zhǎng noun palm of the hand
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 手心 (ABC 'zhǎng' 掌 bf 1, p. 1237; Guoyu '掌' n 1; Kroll 2015 '掌' 1, p. 592; Mathews 1931 '掌', p. 22; NCCED '掌' 1, p. 2057; Unihan '掌')
  2. zhǎng verb to manage; to be in charge of
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'zhǎng' 掌 bf 5, p. 1237; Guoyu '掌' v 2; Kroll 2015 '掌' 2a, p. 592; Mathews 1931 '掌', p. 22; NCCED '掌' 4, p. 2057)
  3. zhǎng noun soles of the feet; paw of an animal
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 腳掌 (ABC 'zhǎng' 掌 bf 2, p. 1237; Guoyu '掌' n 2; Kroll 2015 '掌' 1a, p. 592; NCCED '掌' 5, p. 2057)
  4. zhǎng measure word a move
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Martial Arts
    Notes: (Guoyu '掌' n 3)
  5. zhǎng proper noun Zhang
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '掌' n 5)
  6. zhǎng noun sole of a shoe; heel of a shoe
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'zhǎng' 掌 bf 3, p. 1237; NCCED '掌' 7, p. 2057)
  7. zhǎng verb to add; to increase
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Dialect
    Notes: In the sense of 加上 (Guoyu '掌' v 3)
  8. zhǎng verb to slap; to smack
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, 掌嘴 slap the face (ABC 'zhǎng' 掌 bf 6, p. 1237; Kroll 2015 '掌' 1b, p. 592; NCCED '掌' 2, p. 2057)
  9. zhǎng verb to repair [shoes]
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Dialect
    Notes: (ABC 'zhǎng' 掌 bf 7, p. 1237; NCCED '掌' 8, p. 2057)
  10. zhǎng verb to put in
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Dialect
    Notes: (ABC 'zhǎng' 掌 bf 8, p. 1237; NCCED '掌' 9, p. 2057)
  11. zhǎng verb to hold
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '掌' 2, p. 592; NCCED '掌' 3, p. 2057)
  12. zhǎng noun a horseshoe
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED '掌' 7, p. 2057)
  13. zhǎng noun palm; holding; kara
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: kara, Japanese: shō (BCSD '掌', p. 533; DJBT '掌', p. 423; MW 'kara'; SH '掌', p. 372)

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掌骨 、 主掌 、 掌玺大臣 、 掌玺官 、 鞅掌 、 掌纹 、 八卦掌 、 掌权 、 股掌 、 掌纹相术 、 手掌心 、 掌声雷动 、 职掌 、 巴掌 、 掌印 、 仙人掌 、 掌事 、 掌舵 、 掌畜丞 、 掌书记 、 掌厨 、 掌子面 、 掌灯 、 掌柜 、 足掌 、 掌上珠 、 反掌折枝 、 掌声 、 掌勺 、 鼓掌 、 魔掌 、 易如反掌 、 分掌诸事 、 接掌 、 掌颊 、 甩手掌柜 、 鱼与熊掌 、 掌珠 、 掌扇 、 分掌 、 掌教 、 孤掌难鸣 、 掌秤

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