撫掌

See also: 抚掌

Chinese

		to comfort; touch gently with hand	palm (of hand); in charge of
trad. (撫掌)		撫	掌
simp. (抚掌)		抚	掌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǔzhǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˇ ㄓㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² zoeng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǔzhǎng [Phonetic: fúzhǎng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˇ ㄓㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǔjhǎng
    • Wade–Giles: fu³-chang³
    • Yale: fǔ-jǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuujaang
    • Palladius: фучжан (fučžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu² zoeng²
    • Yale: fú jéung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu² dzoeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu² zêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: phjuX tsyangX

Rime
Character	撫	掌
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	芳武切	諸兩切
Baxter	phjuX	tsyangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰɨoX/	/t͡ɕɨɐŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰioX/	/t͡ɕiɐŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰioX/	/t͡ɕiɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰuə̆X/	/cɨaŋX/
Li Rong	/pʰioX/	/t͡ɕiaŋX/
Wang Li	/pʰĭuX/	/t͡ɕĭaŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰi̯uX/	/t͡ɕi̯aŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fǔ	zhǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fu2	zoeng2

Verb

撫掌

1. (literary) to clap one's hands (to show happiness, ridicule, or anger)

   • 緣使中人未分於存亡，下士撫掌而弗顧，近而不可知者，其唯物性乎？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     缘使中人未分于存亡，下士抚掌而弗顾，近而不可知者，其唯物性乎？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. late 4th century, Sengzhao (僧肇), Zhaolun (《肇論》)

     Yuán shǐ zhōngrén wèifēn yú cúnwáng, xiàshì fǔzhǎng ér fúgù, jìn ér bùkězhī zhě, qí wéi wùxìng hū? [Pinyin]

     Therefore, what makes
     mediocre men doubt about its truth,
     and fools clap their hands with derision;
     what is so close yet beyond grasp:
     — is that not the true nature of things?

   • 陸士衡聞而撫掌，是所甘心；張平子見而陋之，固其宜矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     陆士衡闻而抚掌，是所甘心；张平子见而陋之，固其宜矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 578, Yu Xin (庾信), The Lament for the South (《哀江南賦》)

     Lù Shìhéng wén ér fǔzhǎng, shì suǒ gānxīn; Zhāng Píngzǐ jiàn ér lòuzhī, gù qí yíyǐ. [Pinyin]

     I shall be satisfied by a real bard's scoffing,
     Desiring no more than his rightful dismissal.