掌上压

掌上壓
zhǎngshàngyā
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 push-up
  2. 2 press-up (exercise; HK / Malaysian Cantonese term)

Examples

Tā měi tiān zuò yī bǎi ge zhǎngshàngyā.
He does a hundred push-ups every day.
Zhǎngshàngyā kěyǐ duànliàn xiōngjī.
Push-ups can train the chest muscles.

Tips

usage
掌上压 is Hong Kong / Cantonese / Malaysian Chinese vocabulary; mainland Mandarin says 俯卧撑 (fǔwòchēng). If you hear 掌上压 the speaker is almost certainly from HK or a Cantonese-speaking region.
memory
Literal: (zhǎng, 'palm') + (shàng, 'on') + (yā, 'press') = 'palms-on-the-floor press' — exactly what a push-up is.

Stroke Order

zhǎng
shàng