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掌声 (zhǎng shēng): Applause (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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掌 • zhǎng • palm of the hand
zhǎng掌

palm of the hand

声 • shēng • sound, voice, tone • HSK 3.0 · L3
HSK 3.0 · L3
shēng声

sound, voice, tone

Word Info

Pinyinzhǎng shēng
Meaningapplause
Characters2
SyntaxNoun

Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 掌声.

Words with 掌
  • 掌握zhǎng wògrasp; master; know well
  • 鼓掌gǔ zhǎngapplaud
  • 巴掌bā zhǎngSlap
  • 手掌shǒu zhǎngPalm (of the hand)
  • 掌管zhǎng guǎnBe in charge of / Manage
  • 掌舵zhǎng duòsteer; helm
  • 击掌jī zhǎnghigh-five, clap hands
  • 掌心zhǎng xīnpalm (of the hand)
Words with 声
  • 声音shēng yīnsound
  • 歌声gē shēngsinging voice
  • 响声xiǎng shēngnoise
  • 声调shēng diàotone; pitch of voice
噪声
zào shēng
noise
  • 声势shēng shìimpetus; momentum
  • 声明shēng míngstate; declare; announce
  • 声誉shēng yùreputation; fame; prestige
    • 4.

    Example Sentences with 掌声

    guān观
    zhòng众
    men们
    bào爆
    fā发
    chū出
    rè热
    liè烈
    de的
    zhǎng掌
    shēng声
    。
    The audience burst into warm applause.
    zhè这
    wèi位
    yǎn演
    yuán员
    de的
    jīng精
    cǎi彩
    biǎo表
    yǎn
    guān观
    zhòng众
    duì对
    biǎo表
    yǎn演
    bào报
    yǐ以
    rè热
    liè
    tā她
    de的
    wǔ舞
    zī姿
    yōu优
    měi美
    dòng动
    rén人
    ，
    tā她
    de的
    biǎo表
    yǎn演
    fēi非
    cháng常
    wán完
    měi美
    ，
    演
    yíng赢
    dé得
    le了
    guān观
    zhòng众
    de的
    zhǎng掌
    shēng声
    。
    The actor's brilliant performance won applause from the audience.
    烈
    de的
    zhǎng掌
    shēng声
    。
    The audience responded to the performance with enthusiastic applause.
    yíng赢
    dé得
    le了
    guān观
    zhòng众
    de的
    zhǎng掌
    shēng声
    。
    Her graceful and moving dance won applause from the audience.
    yíng赢
    dé得
    le了
    dà大
    jiā家
    de的
    zhǎng掌
    shēng声
    。
    Her performance was perfect and won everyone's applause.