# 手掌 (shǒuzhǎng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 手掌 (shǒuzhǎng) means “palm of the hand”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: palm of the hand
- Pinyin: shǒuzhǎng (shou3 zhang3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 一片树叶落在我手掌里。
  Yī piàn shùyè luòzài wǒ shǒuzhǎng lǐ.
  A leaf fell into the palm of my hand.

## Characters

- [手](https://hanziro.com/word/shou-hand/) (shǒu): hand
- 掌 (zhǎng): palm of the hand; sole of the foot

https://hanziro.com/word/shou-zhang-palm-hand/

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