巴baa1掌zoeng2

English

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

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 手掌（量詞：巴／個）

Examples

• 佢塊面同巴掌一樣咁細。

  Her face is as small as the palm of my hand.

• 她打了他一巴掌。

  She gave him a slap in the face.

  Tatoeba · S01 CC BY

• 我想过扇你一巴掌。

  I wanted to smack you.

  Tatoeba · mirrorvan CC BY

• 一个A6的本子大概就比巴掌大一点。

  An A6 notebook is just a little bigger than a palm.

  Tatoeba · jan_OkulaJu CC BY

• 玛丽给了汤姆的右脸一巴掌，然后踩了他的左脚。

  After slapping Tom's right cheek, Mary stomped on his left foot.

  Tatoeba · jan_OkulaJu CC BY