The Chinese word for finger is
手指
shǒu zhǐChinese Definition
finger | |
1. 名词. 手指 | |
Components | |
手 | |
1. hand | |
2. expert; master | |
高手 - master | |
3. -ist; -er | |
歌手 - singer | |
4. convenient; handy; portable | |
手機 - mobile phone | |
手冊 - handbook | |
5. handwritten | |
6. (Min Nan) luck in gambling | |
7. (Mainland China Hokkien) | |
8. (Taiwanese Hokkien) hidden part (general) | |
9. (finance) | |
10. usage. In many varieties of Chinese south of the Yangtze River, 手 refers to the arm and hand collectively. | |
指 | |
1. finger | |
手指 - finger | |
2. to point; to point out; to aim | |
指出 - to point out | |
指 人 - to point at a person | |
3. to indicate; to show; to demonstrate | |
4. to refer to; to mean | |
春天 指 的 是 冬天 後面 的 那個 季節。 - Spring refers to the season after winter. | |
5. to rely on; to depend on | |
6. to criticize; to rebuke | |
7. to make one’s hair stand on end |
Translations for 指 and their definitions
手指 | |
1. n. (anatomy) finger | |
交叉 手指 - to cross one's fingers | |
請 切勿 將 手指 伸入 籠 中。 - Please do not poke your fingers through the cage. | |
2. n. (Hong Kong Cantonese, informal) flash drive; thumb drive | |
3. n. (Min) finger ring; ring |
指头 | |
1. Simplified form of 指頭 |
手指頭 | |
1. n. (anatomy, colloquial) finger | |
2. n. (dialectal Cantonese, Taiwanese Hakka, Teochew) thumb |
手指头 | |
1. Simplified form of 手指頭 |
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