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Pinyin: zhǎngEnglish Definition: palm of the hand; sole of the foot; paw; horseshoe; to slap; to hold in one's hand; to wieldChinese Definition: ①手心，脚心：掌心。手掌。脚掌。鼓掌。易如反掌。
②用巴掌打：掌嘴。
③把握，主持，主管：掌管。掌权。掌勺。掌柜。
④鞋底或牲口蹄子底下的东西：鞋掌。马掌儿。
⑤(掌故)关于历史人物、典章制度等的故事或传说。
⑥姓氏。Total strokes: 12;
Radical: 手 Pictophonetic:
尚 indicates the sound;
手 (hand) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
- ⿱ Above to below
- 尚 [ shàng ] still, yet; even; fairly, rather
- 手 [ shǒu ] hand
Example Words:
掌握 [
zhǎng wò ]: to grasp (often fig.); to control; to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny); to master; to know well; to understand sth well and know how to use it; fluency
Example Sentences- 观众鼓起掌来，我想他们以为我是故意这样做的。
The crowd clapped. I think they believed I’d done it on purpose.
- 回想他自1997年重掌苹果这个他一手创立的公司，到今天他所为公司所做的一切，他的退休也是当之无愧的。
If you think about what he has done for the company he founded since his return in 1997, the retirement is well-deserved.
- 我去的地方几乎都是只有两种语言你需要掌握：你父母讲的不管哪里的语言，还有就是英语。
We are almost to a point where there are only two languages you need to know: whatever your parents speak... and English.
- 它直立着举起前掌准备战斗，它的眼睛直视我的双眼就好像它在那里它能读到我的灵魂，而在我的刺击缺乏严肃的用意的时候它就一动也不动。
He stood upright, his paw raised ready for battle, his eye fixed on mine as if he could read my soul there, and when my thrusts were not meant seriously he did not move.
- 他给了我一个微笑以作奖赏，还和我拍掌庆祝。
He awarded me with that smile and slapped me five.
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