巴掌

bāzhang
  1. palm of the hand
  2. classifier: slap

CEDICT

  1. (anatomy, colloquial) palm
  2. (colloquial) slap on the face
  3. (figurative) (used with 大) describing the area being small hyperbolically
  4. (used with 大) describing the area being small hyperbolically
  5. Classifier for movements involving the palm, especially slaps on the face.
  6. palm
  7. slap on the face

Wiktionary

  1. 手掌。
  2. 形容范围很小。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 巴 bā
  1. to long for
  2. to wish
  3. to cling to
  4. to stick to
  5. sth that sticks
  6. close to
  7. next to
  8. spread open
  9. informal abbr. for bus 巴士 bāshì
  10. bar (unit of pressure)
  11. nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴 wěiba, tail
2 掌 zhǎng
  1. palm of the hand
  2. sole of the foot
  3. paw
  4. horseshoe
  5. to slap
  6. to hold in one's hand
  7. to wield

Containing this entry

一个巴掌拍不响 yīgebāzhǎngpāibùxiǎng
  1. lit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb)
  2. fig. it takes two persons to start a dispute
  3. it takes two to tango
  4. it's difficult to achieve anything without support
打一巴掌，给个甜枣 dǎyībāzhang,gěigètiánzǎo
  1. lit. to give sb a slap, then offer a sweet date (idiom)
  2. fig. to deal harshly with sb, then offer sth by way of consolation
仙巴掌 xiānbāzhǎng
一个巴掌拍不响 yīgèbāzhangpāibùxiǎng
拍巴掌 pāibāzhang
手巴掌儿 shǒubāzhǎngr

Related entries

掌 zhǎng
  1. palm of the hand
  2. sole of the foot
  3. paw
  4. horseshoe
  5. to slap
  6. to hold in one's hand
  7. to wield
來人，給我掌這賤女人嘴巴！

Guards! Slap that vile woman's face!

Source: Tatoeba