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

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• 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

1. to turn over one's palm
2. to be very easy to accomplish

Derived terms

• 易如反掌 (yìrúfǎnzhǎng)