zhǎng

  1. zhǎng noun palm of the hand
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 手心 (ABC 'zhǎng' 掌 bf 1, p. 1237; Guoyu '掌' n 1; Kroll 2015 '掌' 1, p. 592; Mathews 1931 '掌', p. 22; NCCED '掌' 1, p. 2057; Unihan '掌')
  2. zhǎng verb to manage; to be in charge of
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'zhǎng' 掌 bf 5, p. 1237; Guoyu '掌' v 2; Kroll 2015 '掌' 2a, p. 592; Mathews 1931 '掌', p. 22; NCCED '掌' 4, p. 2057)
  3. zhǎng noun soles of the feet; paw of an animal
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 腳掌 (ABC 'zhǎng' 掌 bf 2, p. 1237; Guoyu '掌' n 2; Kroll 2015 '掌' 1a, p. 592; NCCED '掌' 5, p. 2057)
  4. zhǎng measure word a move
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Martial Arts
    Notes: (Guoyu '掌' n 3)
  5. zhǎng proper noun Zhang
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '掌' n 5)
  6. zhǎng noun sole of a shoe; heel of a shoe
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'zhǎng' 掌 bf 3, p. 1237; NCCED '掌' 7, p. 2057)
  7. zhǎng verb to add; to increase
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Dialect
    Notes: In the sense of 加上 (Guoyu '掌' v 3)
  8. zhǎng verb to slap; to smack
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, 掌嘴 slap the face (ABC 'zhǎng' 掌 bf 6, p. 1237; Kroll 2015 '掌' 1b, p. 592; NCCED '掌' 2, p. 2057)
  9. zhǎng verb to repair [shoes]
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Dialect
    Notes: (ABC 'zhǎng' 掌 bf 7, p. 1237; NCCED '掌' 8, p. 2057)
  10. zhǎng verb to put in
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Dialect
    Notes: (ABC 'zhǎng' 掌 bf 8, p. 1237; NCCED '掌' 9, p. 2057)
  11. zhǎng verb to hold
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '掌' 2, p. 592; NCCED '掌' 3, p. 2057)
  12. zhǎng noun a horseshoe
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED '掌' 7, p. 2057)
  13. zhǎng noun palm; holding; kara
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: kara, Japanese: shō (BCSD '掌', p. 553; DJBT '掌', p. 423; MW 'kara'; SH '掌', p. 372)

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Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 9 Amoghapāśakalparājasūtra (Bu Kong Juan Suo Shenbian Zhenyan Jing) 不空羂索神變真言經 — count: 52
  • Scroll 4 Dharanisamgraha Sutra (Collected Dharanis Sutra) 陀羅尼集經 — count: 41 , has English translation
  • Scroll 3 Five Buddha Crowns Samadhi Dharani Sutra; Wu Fo Ding Sanmei Tuoluoni Jing 五佛頂三昧陀羅尼經 — count: 41
  • Scroll 11 Dharanisamgraha Sutra (Collected Dharanis Sutra) 陀羅尼集經 — count: 40 , has English translation
  • Scroll 3 One Syllable Buddhosnisa Wheel Turning Ruler Sutra (Yizi Fo Ding Lunwang Jing) 一字佛頂輪王經 — count: 39
  • Scroll 13 Commentary on the Vairocana Sutra 大毘盧遮那成佛經疏 — count: 37
  • Scroll 7 Dharanisamgraha Sutra (Collected Dharanis Sutra) 陀羅尼集經 — count: 36 , has English translation
  • Scroll 4 Amoghapāśakalparājasūtra (Bu Kong Juan Suo Shenbian Zhenyan Jing) 不空羂索神變真言經 — count: 34
  • Scroll 4 One Syllable Buddhosnisa Wheel Turning Ruler Sutra (Yizi Fo Ding Lunwang Jing) 一字佛頂輪王經 — count: 34
  • Scroll 1 Great Usnisa Radiance Sitatapatra Divine Powers Collected Dharanis Sutra, Yamantaka Golden Wheel Samadhi Mantra (Da Fo Ding Rulai Fang Guang Xi Da Duo Ban Da Luo Da Shenli Dou She Yiqie Zhou Wang Tuoluoni Jing Da Wei De Zui Sheng Jin Lun Sanmei Zhou Pin) 大佛頂如來放光悉怛多般怛羅大神力都攝一切呪王陀羅尼經大威德最勝金輪三昧呪品 — count: 33

Collocations

  • 掌中 (掌中) 世尊以右手接散陀那居士置掌中 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 8 — count: 59
  • 右掌 (右掌) 以燒鐵釘釘其右掌 — Creation and Destruction of the World (Da Lou Tan Jing) 大樓炭經, Scroll 2 — count: 11
  • 如观掌 (如觀掌) 十九者如觀掌中阿摩勒果如是能見解脫大甲 — Dasheng Bensheng Xin Di Guan Jing 大乘本生心地觀經, Scroll 8 — count: 9
  • 掌内 (掌內) 今此童子兩手掌內有金剛文 — Fo Ben Xing Ji Jing (Abhiniṣkramaṇasūtra) 佛本行集經, Scroll 9 — count: 5
  • 置掌 (置掌) 世尊以右手接散陀那居士置掌中 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 8 — count: 5
  • 右手掌 (右手掌) 授辟支佛緣覺世尊右手掌中 — Jinse Wang Jing (Kanakavarṇapūrvayoga)金色王經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
  • 爪掌 (爪掌) 合十指爪掌白言 — The Lotus Sutra (Miaofa Lianhua Jing) 妙法蓮華經, Scroll 7 — count: 4
  • 两手掌 (兩手掌) 又兩手掌釘兩鐵釘 — Sutra on the Causes and Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Yin Ben Jing) 起世因本經, Scroll 2 — count: 4
  • 掌观 (掌觀) 如掌觀珠 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 4
  • 左掌 (左掌) 以鐵釘釘左掌 — Creation and Destruction of the World (Da Lou Tan Jing) 大樓炭經, Scroll 2 — count: 3