# 巴掌
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): bāzhang
       (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ˙ㄓㄤ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): баҗон (bažon, I-I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): baa$^1$ zoeng$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ba$^1$ zong
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): pâ-chóng
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ba$^1$ zong$^3$
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ba$^1$ zhan$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bāzhang
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ˙ㄓㄤ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bajhång
*** Wade–Giles: pa$^1$-chang$^5$
*** Yale: bā-jang
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ba.jang
*** Palladius: бачжан (bačžan)
*** Sinological IPA : /pä⁵⁵ ɖ͡ʐ̥ɑŋ²/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: баҗон (bažon, I-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /pa²⁴ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: baa$^1$ zoeng$^2$
*** Yale: bā jéung
*** Cantonese Pinyin: baa$^1$ dzoeng$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ba$^1$ zêng$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /paː⁵⁵ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ba$^1$ zong
*** Sinological IPA : /pa⁴² t͡sɔŋ²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pâ-chóng
*** Hakka Romanization System: ba$^ˊ$ zong$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ba$^1$ zong$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /pa²⁴ t͡soŋ³¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ba$^1$ zong$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /pa⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sɔŋ³¹/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: ba$^1$ zhan$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /pa̠³³ ʈ͡ʂan⁴¹/
*** Sinological IPA (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

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