The Chinese word for thumb is
拇指
mǔ zhǐ
Chinese Definition
| thumb | |
| 1. 拇指 | |
| Components | |
| 拇 | |
| 1. (anatomy) thumb | |
| 2. (anatomy) big toe | |
| 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
| 大拇指 | |
| 1. n. thumb | |
| 2. n. big toe |
| 拇指 | |
| 1. n. thumb | |
| 2. n. big toe |
| 大指 | |
| 1. n. thumb | |
| 2. n. big toe |
| 大拇哥 | |
| 1. n. (colloquial Mandarin, Min Dong) thumb | |
| 2. n. (Mainland, slang) flash drive |
| 翻閱 | |
| 1. v. to leaf through; to scan |
| 翻阅 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 翻閱 |
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