The Chinese word for ring is
戒指
jiè zhǐChinese 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
戒指 | |
1. n. finger ring; ring |
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. |
指環 | |
1. n. (formal) finger ring; ring |
打电话 | |
1. Simplified form of 打電話 |
指环 | |
1. Simplified form of 指環 |
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 - |
按鈴 | |
1. v. to ring (to produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound) |
按铃 | |
1. Simplified form of 按鈴 |
环 | |
1. Variant of 環 | |
2. Variant of 寰 |
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 |
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 |
轮 | |
1. Simplified form of 輪 |
响 | |
1. Variant of 響 |
擂台 | |
1. Simplified form of 擂臺 |
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