"反掌" meaning in Chinese

See 反掌 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /fän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /fän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ Chinese transliterations: fǎnzhǎng [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄈㄢˇ ㄓㄤˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], fǎnzhǎng [Phonetic:fánzhǎng] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], fǎnjhǎng [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], fan³-chang³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], fǎn-jǎng [Mandarin, Yale], faanjaang [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], фаньчжан [Mandarin, Palladius], fanʹčžan [Mandarin, Palladius]
Etymology: Literally: to turn over one's hand (a metaphor to illustrate that something is very easy to accomplish) Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 反掌
  1. to turn over one's palm
    Sense id: en-反掌-zh-verb-ssVUlwls Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 66 34
  2. to be very easy to accomplish
    Sense id: en-反掌-zh-verb-TvhzCFcR Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 易如反掌 (yìrúfǎnzhǎng)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yìrúfǎnzhǎng",
      "word": "易如反掌"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally: to turn over one's hand (a metaphor to illustrate that something is very easy to accomplish)",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "反掌",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "66 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to turn over one's palm"
      ],
      "id": "en-反掌-zh-verb-ssVUlwls"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be very easy to accomplish"
      ],
      "id": "en-反掌-zh-verb-TvhzCFcR"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fǎnzhǎng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄈㄢˇ ㄓㄤˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fǎnzhǎng [Phonetic:fánzhǎng]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fǎnjhǎng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fan³-chang³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fǎn-jǎng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "faanjaang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "фаньчжан"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fanʹčžan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: fánzhǎng]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "反掌"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 反",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 掌",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "yìrúfǎnzhǎng",
      "word": "易如反掌"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally: to turn over one's hand (a metaphor to illustrate that something is very easy to accomplish)",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "反掌",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to turn over one's palm"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be very easy to accomplish"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fǎnzhǎng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄈㄢˇ ㄓㄤˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fǎnzhǎng [Phonetic:fánzhǎng]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fǎnjhǎng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fan³-chang³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fǎn-jǎng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "faanjaang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "фаньчжан"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fanʹčžan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: fánzhǎng]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "反掌"
}

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