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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拍* | 拍* | *拍
to pat / to clap / to slap / to swat / to take (a photo) / to shoot (a film) / racket (sports) / beat (music)
HSK 3
mouth (CL:張|张) / slap in the face
HSK 4
(slang) a slap on the face
to slap the table in amazement (idiom); wonderful! / amazing!
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *扇* | 扇* | *扇
to fan / to slap sb on the face
HSK 5
to pat / to slap / (of a bird) to flap (one's wings)
wooden clappers (percussion instrument) / to beat time with clappers (for a singer) / (auctioneer's) board or gavel / to slap the board to signal a sale; to bring down the gavel / (fig.) to make a decision; to have the final say
HSK 7-9
to slap on the face / to box sb's ears
to slap
to slap
lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom) / fig. to display ambidexterity / to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession / to use both feet equally (football)
lit. to give sb a slap, then offer a sweet date (idiom) / fig. to deal harshly with sb, then offer sth by way of consolation
a slap on the face / CL: 記|记
HSK 7-9
lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc) / fig. astonishing!, wonderful!, dreadful! etc
Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part II), second of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初
to slap / to smack / to punch
to slap sb's face / to slap one's own face / fig. to fail to live up to a boast
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *掌* | 掌* | *掌
palm of the hand / sole of the foot / paw / horseshoe / to slap / to hold in one's hand / to wield
to slap
lit. slap the table and shout with praise (idiom); fig. wonderful! / amazing! / great!
palm of the hand / classifier: slap
to slap
lit. to swell one's face up by slapping it to look imposing (idiom); to seek to impress by feigning more than one's abilities
(onom.) for crack, slap, clap, clatter etc
Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part I), first of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初
to slap (with the palm of the hand)
slap
(coll.) a slap on the side of the head
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *噼* | 噼* | *噼
child's buttocks (esp. Cantonese) / (onom.) crack, slap, clap, clatter etc
to slap sb's cheeks
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *掴* | 掴* | *掴
to slap / also pr. [guo2]
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *揎* | 揎* | *揎
to roll up one's sleeves / to slap with the palm
(coll.) to deserve a slap in the face
slap
to beat time by slapping one's thighs
to slap one's own buttocks in excitement or despair


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