掌 zhǎng in a sentence
Palm (paw - horseshoe - heel - sole - slap - in charge of)
掌 (zhǎng) means Palm (paw - horseshoe - heel - sole - slap - in charge of). Below are 15 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
观众都站起来鼓 掌 。
Guānzhòng dōu zhàn qǐlái gǔzhǎng.
The audience all stood up and applauded.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 观众
演出结束后大家鼓 掌 。
Yǎnchū jiéshù hòu dàjiā gǔ zhǎng.
Everyone applauded after the performance ended.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 鼓掌
命运 掌 握在自己手里。
Mìngyùn zhǎngwò zài zìjǐ shǒu lǐ.
Your fate is in your own hands.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 命运
掌 握一门外语很有用。
Zhǎngwò yì mén wàiyǔ hěn yǒuyòng.
Mastering a foreign language is very useful.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 掌握
他已经 掌 握了这个方法。
Tā yǐjīng zhǎngwò le zhège fāngfǎ.
He has already mastered this method.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 掌握
台下迸发出热烈的 掌 声。
Tái xià bèngfā chū rèliè de zhǎngshēng.
Warm applause burst out from the floor below the stage.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 迸发
台下响起了响亮的 掌 声。
Tái xià xiǎngqǐ le xiǎngliàng de zhǎngshēng.
Resounding applause rose from the audience.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 响亮
他的声音被 掌 声淹没了。
Tā de shēngyīn bèi zhǎngshēng yānmò le.
His voice was drowned out by the applause.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 淹没
乐队的演奏赢得了 掌 声。
Yuèduì de yǎnzòu yíngdé le zhǎngshēng.
The band's performance won applause.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 演奏
他只 掌 握了一些零星的情况。
Tā zhǐ zhǎngwò le yìxiē língxīng de qíngkuàng.
He has only picked up scattered bits of information.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 零星
真理往往 掌 握在少数人手里。
Zhēnlǐ wǎngwǎng zhǎngwò zài shǎoshù rén shǒu lǐ.
Truth is often held by a minority.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 真理
观众席上爆发出一阵热烈的 掌 声。
Guānzhòngxí shang bàofā chū yí zhèn rèliè de zhǎngshēng.
A burst of warm applause broke out from the audience.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 爆发
他 掌 握了基础，进而学习更难的内容。
Tā zhǎngwò le jīchǔ, jìn'ér xuéxí gèng nán de nèiróng.
He mastered the basics and went on to study harder material.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 进而
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From the graded readers
大家鼓 掌 了。
dàjiā gǔzhǎng le / liǎo / liào.
The audience applauded.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · My First Speech
Words that contain 掌
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 掌
How is 掌 used in a sentence?
This page shows 15 sentences using 掌 (zhǎng, "Palm (paw - horseshoe - heel - sole - slap - in charge of)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 掌 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 掌 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 掌?
The dictionary page for 掌 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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