合爪

Chinese

		to close; to gather; to join to close; to gather; to join; to fit; all; together	claw
trad. (合爪)		合	爪
simp. #(合爪)		合	爪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hézhuǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄓㄨㄚˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hézhuǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄓㄨㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: héjhuǎ
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-chua³
    • Yale: hé-jwǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herjoa
    • Palladius: хэчжуа (xɛčžua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

合爪

1. (archaic, Buddhism) to press the palms of one's hands together in devotion