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拍手
pāi​shǒu

to clap

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
拍手 pāi//shǒu
to clap
to clap one's hands; to applaud to show welcome, approval, or joy
clap
the act of clapping or a round of applause

Frequency

Movie subtitles
1.91 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
1.84 per million

Cross-References

Same as

  • 拍掌 pāi​zhǎng
  • 拍巴掌 pāi​bā​zhang

Synonym

  • 鼓掌 gǔ​zhǎng
  • 抚掌 fǔ​zhǎng

Sources

Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)