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The Chinese word for finger is
手指

shǒu zhǐ



finger

Chinese Definition


finger
     1. 名词. 手指
Components
     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.
     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 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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Pronunciation


shǒu zhǐ

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