"to clap" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
鼓掌	gǔ zhǎng	to applaud / to clap	syn
拍	pāi	to pat / to clap / to slap / to swat / to take (a photo) / to shoot (a film) / racket (sports) / beat (music)	syn
抵	dǐ	to press against / to support / to prop up / to resist / to equal / to balance / to make up for / to mortgage / to arrive at / to clap (one's hands) lightly (expressing delight) (Taiwan pr. [zhi3] for this sense)	syn
抃掌	biàn zhǎng	to clap / to applaud

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
击掌擊掌	jī zhǎng	to clap one's hands / to clap each other's hands / high five	syn
拍手	pāi shǒu	to clap one's hands	syn
打雷	dǎ léi	to rumble with thunder / clap of thunder	syn
惊雷驚雷	jīng léi	sudden clap of thunder / fig. surprising turn of events	syn
劈啪	pī pā	(onom.) for crack, slap, clap, clatter etc
噼	pī	child's buttocks (esp. Cantonese) / (onom.) crack, slap, clap, clatter etc
拊掌	fǔ zhǎng	to clap hands	syn
霆	tíng	clap of thunder	syn
孤掌难鸣孤掌難鳴	gū zhǎng nán míng	It's hard to clap with only one hand. / It takes two to tango / It's difficult to achieve anything without support.	syn
一个巴掌拍不响一個巴掌拍不響	yī ge bā zhǎng pāi bù xiǎng	lit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb) / fig. it takes two persons to start a dispute / it takes two to tango / it's difficult to achieve anything without support
抃悦抃悅	biàn yuè	to clap one's hands in joy
响雷響雷	xiǎng léi	to be thundering / thunder clap / CL:個\|个[ge4]
械系械繫	xiè xì	to arrest and shackle / to clap in irons
喜跃抃舞喜躍抃舞	xǐ yuè - biàn wǔ	(idiom) to clap and dance in joy
抃舞	biàn wǔ	(literary) to clap and dance in joy

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