掌 Chinese Dictionary
Find the redical,pronunciation,strokes and meaning of Chinese word. One word one time.
| No. | Word | Radical | Strokes | Pronunciation | Meaning |
| 1 | 掌 | 12 | zhǎnɡ | 掌 本义手掌,手心 掌,手中也。--《说文》 指其掌。--《论语·八佾》 易于反掌,安于泰山。--枚乘《谏吴王书》 又如掌上(手掌之上。极言容易);掌上观纹(比喻极其容易,毫不费力);掌文(手掌纹路所呈现的近乎文字的形状) 脚的底部 四足动物带爪的脚 熊掌,亦我所欲也。--《孟子·告子上》 脚 掌状物 钉在马、驴、骡等蹄子底下的蹄铁 又指钉或缝在鞋底后部的补钉 掌zhǎng ⒈手心，手的里面手～。巴～。拍～。易如反～。 ⒉脚底脚～。鸭～。熊～。 ⒊用手掌打～颊。～嘴。 ⒋把握，拿稳，主管～握。～管。～权。～舵。 ⒌钉在鞋底前后的皮、胶片、铁片等钉块鞋～儿。 ⒍钉在马、骡等蹄下的铁片马～。 ⒎ ⒏ |
Chinese dictionary is a reference book that contains an alphabetical list of words in Chinese language with their meanings in English. It can be used to learn new words, improve vocabulary, and understand the meaning of words in Chinese language. This is an online Chinese dictionaries can be used for free.
To use the Chinese dictionary, please follow these steps:
Look up the word you want to know in the dictionary.
If you don’t know how to write the word in Chinese characters, you can use the pinyin (the romanization of Chinese) to find it.
If you don’t know the pinyin either, you can use the radical index (a list of all the radicals used in Chinese characters) to find it.
Once you find the word, look at its definition and example sentences to understand its meaning and usage.
You can also use paper dictionaries which are organized by radicals, number of strokes, and lastly by alphabetic order.
