反掌

反掌

Chinese

		wrong side out or up; anti-	palm (of hand); in charge of
simp. and trad. (反掌)		反	掌

Etymology

Literally: to turn over one's hand (a metaphor to illustrate that something is very easy to accomplish)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎnzhǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˇ ㄓㄤˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: fǎnzhǎng [Phonetic: fánzhǎng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ ㄓㄤˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faanjaang
    • IPA ^(key): /fän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

反掌

1. to turn over one's palm
2. to be very easy to accomplish

Derived terms

易如反掌 (yìrúfǎnzhǎng)