巴掌

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Chinese

(suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish
(suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish; Palestinian, Palestine (abbrev.); Pakistan (abbrev.); Pascal (unit of pressure)
 
palm (of hand); in charge of
simp. and trad.
(巴掌)

Pronunciation


Noun

巴掌

  1. (anatomy, colloquial) palm
  2. (colloquial) slap on the face
  3. (figurative) a small area
    巴掌地方巴掌地方  ―  zhè bāzhang dà de dìfāng  ―  this palm-sized area

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Classifier

巴掌

  1. Classifier for movements involving the palm, especially slaps on the face.
    巴掌  ―  dǎ... yī bāzhang  ―  to give… a slap

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