The Chinese word for ring is
戒指
jiè zhǐ
Chinese Definition
| ring | |
| 1. 戒指、圈 | |
| Components | |
| 戒 | |
| 1. to warn; to caution; to admonish | |
| 2. to guard against; to forbid | |
| 3. to give up; to quit (a bad habit) | |
| 4. (archaic) to fast; to purify oneself | |
| 5. (Buddhism) rules governing behavior; precepts | |
| 6. (archaic) to command; to order | |
| 7. (literary) careful; cautious | |
| 8. Short for 戒指, ring | |
| 9. Variant of 誡 | |
| 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
| 打電話 | |
| 1. v. to make a telephone call | |
| 打.電話 給 他 看看。 - Try calling him. | |
| 唔該 你 叫 佢 打 返 電話waa6-2 畀 我。 - Please tell him to call me back. |
| 戒指 | |
| 1. n. finger ring; ring |
| 打电话 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 打電話 |
| 指環 | |
| 1. n. (formal) finger ring; ring |
| 指环 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 指環 |
| 按鈴 | |
| 1. v. to ring (to produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound) |
| 環 | |
| 1. circle; ring; hoop | |
| 指環 - finger ring | |
| 耳環 - earring | |
| 2. link | |
| 3. to surround | |
| 環繞 - to surround | |
| w:zh:環法單車賽\^環.^法 - Tour de France | |
| 4. (chemistry) ring (a group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain in a molecule) | |
| 苯環 - benzene ring | |
| 雜環 - heterocycle | |
| 5. (mathematics) ring | |
| 6. (archery, shooting) ring | |
| 7. (Hong Kong, used in place names and compounds) bay | |
| 四環九約 - |
| 环 | |
| 1. Variant of 環 | |
| 2. Variant of 寰 |
| 按铃 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 按鈴 |
| 輪 | |
| 1. wheel | |
| 齒輪 - gear | |
| 三輪車 - tricycle | |
| 2. Short for 輪船 (steamer; motor ship) | |
| 貨輪 - cargo ship | |
| 3. edge; rim | |
| 4. to take turns | |
| 輪班 - to work in shifts | |
| 輪 到 你 了。 - It's your turn. | |
| 我 等 咗 十 幾 分 鐘 都 仲 未 輪 到 我，真 係 離晒譜。 - I've waited for over ten minutes now and it's still not my turn; this is ridiculous. | |
| 5. (comparing people's ages) a cycle of Chinese zodiac, twelve years | |
| 我 比 他 大 一 輪。 - I'm 12 years older than him. | |
| 第 二 輪 談判 - second round of talks | |
| 一 輪 明月 - a bright moon | |
| 一 輪 紅日 - a red sun | |
| 6. (slang) Short for 輪姦, to gang-rape | |
| 7. n. (Cantonese, finance, in compounds) warrant |
| 響 | |
| 1. to make a sound; to make a noise | |
| 響板 - castanets | |
| 電話 響 了。 - The phone is ringing. | |
| 你 電話waa6-2 響 緊。 - Your phone is ringing. | |
| 2. (of sounds) loud and clear; resonant | |
| 響亮 - loud and clear | |
| 3. famous; reputable | |
| 4. having a great impact | |
| 5. sound | |
| 6. echo | |
| 7. news; messages | |
| 8. (Cantonese) to tell; to declare | |
| 唔 早 響？ - Why didn't you tell me about this earlier? | |
| 響 朵 | |
| 9. (Cantonese) to be at | |
| 你 響 邊？ - Where are you? | |
| 我 響 你 隔籬。 - I am next to you. | |
| 我 響 處syu3。 - I am here. | |
| 10. (Cantonese) at; in | |
| 你 父fu6母 響 校haau6務處cyu3 等 緊 你。 - Your parents are waiting for you at the administration office. |
| 擂臺 | |
| 1. n. (martial arts) lei tai; fighting arena | |
| 2. n. (in general) ring; arena |
| 擂台 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 擂臺 |
| 轮 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 輪 |
| 响 | |
| 1. Variant of 響 |
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