掌子

Chinese

palm (of hand); in charge of
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
 
simp. and trad.
(掌子)

Pronunciation 1


Noun

掌子

  1. (mining or tunnel engineering) short for 掌子面 (zhǎngzimiàn, “face”)
    alt. forms: 礃子
  2. (dialectal Mandarin, footwear) sole

Pronunciation 2


Noun

掌子

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