巴掌

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)		巴	掌

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): bāzhang

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ˙ㄓㄤ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): баҗон (bažon, I-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹ zoeng²
Gan (Wiktionary): ba¹ zong
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): pâ-chóng

(Meixian, Guangdong): ba¹ zong³
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ba¹ zhan³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bāzhang
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ˙ㄓㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bajhång
  - Wade–Giles: pa¹-chang⁵
  - Yale: bā-jang
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ba.jang
  - Palladius: бачжан (bačžan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ ɖ͡ʐ̥ɑŋ²/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: баҗон (bažon, I-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa²⁴ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baa¹ zoeng²
  - Yale: bā jéung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹ dzoeng²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ba¹ zêng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː⁵⁵ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: ba¹ zong
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa⁴² t͡sɔŋ²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pâ-chóng
  - Hakka Romanization System: ba^ˊ zong^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ba¹ zong³
  - Sinological IPA: /pa²⁴ t͡soŋ³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ba¹ zong³
  - Sinological IPA: /pa⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sɔŋ³¹/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: ba¹ zhan³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /pa̠³³ ʈ͡ʂan⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /pa̠³³ t͡san⁴¹/

Noun

巴掌

(anatomy, colloquial) palm
(colloquial) slap on the face
(figurative) (used with 大) describing the area being small hyperbolically
這巴掌大的地方／这巴掌大的地方 ― zhè bāzhang dà de dìfāng ― this palm-sized area

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 手掌 (“palm”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		手掌
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	手巴掌, 巴掌
	Taiwan	手掌, 巴掌
	Ulanhot	手掌
	Tongliao	手掌
	Chifeng	手心
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	手掌
	Harbin	手板兒, 手掌, 手掌子, 巴掌
	Singapore	手掌
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	手巴掌, 巴掌
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	手掌子, 巴掌
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	巴掌, 手掌
	Wanrong	手掌子
	Zhengzhou	巴掌
	Xi'an	巴掌
	Xining	巴掌
	Xuzhou	巴掌, 手掌
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	巴掌
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	手掌子
	Bayanhot	手掌
	Lanzhou	手掌子, 巴掌
	Ürümqi	巴掌
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	手板兒, 手板, 巴掌
	Wuhan	巴掌, 手板
	Guiyang	巴掌
	Guilin	手掌
	Liuzhou	巴掌, 手板, 手掌
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	巴掌, 手掌
	Yangzhou	巴掌
	Nantong	巴掌
	Hefei	巴掌
Cantonese	Guangzhou	手板, 手掌
	Hong Kong	手板, 手掌
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	手掌
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	手巴掌
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	手巴掌
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	巴乸
	Taishan	手掌堂, 手掌
	Dongguan	手掌, 巴掌
	Yangjiang	手掌
	Nanning	手板
	Wuzhou	手板
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	手掌, 巴掌
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	手掌
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	手掌
Gan	Nanchang	巴掌
Gan	Pingxiang	巴掌, 手板
Hakka	Meixian	手巴掌, 巴掌, 手盤, 手掌
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	手巴掌, 巴掌
	Yudu	巴掌
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	手巴掌, 巴掌, 巴掌嫲, 手盤
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	手巴掌, 巴掌, 巴掌嫲, 手盤
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	手巴掌, 巴掌, 巴掌嫲, 手盤
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	手巴掌, 巴掌, 巴掌嫲, 手盤
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	手巴掌, 巴掌, 巴掌嫲, 手盤
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	手婆, 手掌, 手盤
	Hong Kong	手巴掌
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	巴掌
	Senai (Huiyang)	手掌
Huizhou	Jixi	手板
Jin	Taiyuan	手掌
	Xinzhou	手托子, 巴掌
	Taibus (Baochang)	手心
	Linhe	手掌
	Jining	手托子
	Hohhot	手心, 巴掌, 手托子
	Baotou	手托子
	Dongsheng	手掌
	Haibowan	巴掌托子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	手掌, 巴掌
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	手掌, 巴掌
	Fuqing	巴掌
	Matsu	巴掌
Southern Min	Xiamen	手心, 手盤, 手耙
	Quanzhou	五掌, 手耙
	Dongshan	手底
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	手掌
	Chaozhou	手底
	Shantou	手底, 手掌
	Jieyang	手底
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	手掌
	Leizhou	手盤
	Wenchang	手板
	Haikou	手板
Puxian Min	Putian	手箬
Puxian Min	Xianyou	手箬
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	巴掌, 手板
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	手掌, 巴掌
Wu	Shanghai	手掌, 手心, 手底心
	Shanghai (Chongming)	手巴張, 巴張
	Suzhou	手心
	Wuxi	手心
	Danyang	手心
	Hangzhou	手底板, 手心
	Ningbo	手天爿, 手天心
	Wenzhou	手掌, 手掌拍, 手掌心
	Jinhua	手巴掌, 手掌, 手心
Xiang	Changsha	手板
	Loudi	手板
	Shuangfeng	手板
	Quanzhou	手掌

Classifier

巴掌

Classifier for movements involving the palm, especially slaps on the face.
打…一巴掌 ― dǎ... yī bāzhang ― to give… a slap

Derived terms

一個巴掌拍不響 / 一个巴掌拍不响 (yī gè bāzhang pāi bù xiǎng)
一巴掌
仙巴掌 (xiānbāzhǎng)
反巴掌
拍巴掌 (pāi bāzhang)
撒巴掌
漏風的巴掌 / 漏风的巴掌
老一巴掌