反掌

Chinese

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fǎnzhǎng [Phonetic: fánzhǎng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ ㄓㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fǎnjhǎng
  - Wade–Giles: fan³-chang³
  - Yale: fǎn-jǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faanjaang
  - Palladius: фаньчжан (fanʹčžan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

反掌

to turn over one's palm
to be very easy to accomplish

Derived terms

易如反掌 (yìrúfǎnzhǎng)