掌子

zhǎngzi
  1. (dialectal Mandarin, footwear) sole
  2. (mining or tunnel engineering) short for 掌子面 (zhǎngzimiàn, “face”)
  3. short for 掌子面 (zhǎngzimiàn, “face”)
  4. sole

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 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
=2 子 zǐ
  1. son
  2. child
  3. seed
  4. egg
  5. small thing
  6. 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat
  7. viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 wǔděngjuéwèi
  8. ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
  9. subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
=2 子 zi noun suffix, as in 椅子 yǐzi "chair"

Containing this entry

掌子面 zhǎngzimiàn face (mining)