小指

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Chinese

small; tiny; few
small; tiny; few; young
 
finger; to point; to direct
finger; to point; to direct; to indicate
 
trad. (小指) 小 指
simp. #(小指) 小 指

Pronunciation

Noun

小指

  1. little finger
  2. little toe

Synonyms

  • (little finger):
Dialectal synonyms of 小指 (“little finger”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 小指
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 小拇指, 小拇哥兒, 小拇指頭, 小拇指頭兒, 小拇手指頭
Taiwan 小指, 小拇指
Ulanhot 小拇指
Tongliao 小拇指
Chifeng 小拇指, 小拇指頭, 小拇哥, 小妞妞兒
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 小拇指
Harbin 小拇哥, 小拇哥兒
Shenyang 小拇手指頭, 小指, 小拇指
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 小拇哥兒
Tangshan 小拇指, 小拇指頭
Cangzhou 小拇指, 小拇哥兒
Baoding 小拇哥兒
Shijiazhuang 小拇指頭兒
Jinan 小拇指, 小門手指頭, 小門指頭
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 小拇指頭, 小拇指
Qingdao 小拇指頭兒, 小拇指頭
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 小拇指頭
Wanrong 小面手圪頭
Zhengzhou 小拇指頭
Xi'an 小門指頭, 小門指, 碎門指頭, 碎門指
Xining 尕拇指頭兒, 尕拇哥兒
Xuzhou 小拇哥兒, 小拇哥, 小拇指頭, 小拇指
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 小拇尕尕, 小拇尕兒, 尕拇指, 尕拇指頭, 尕拇指頭子
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) 小拇尕尕
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 小拇指
Bayanhot 小拇嘎
Lanzhou 尕拇指頭, 尕拇指, 尕拇舅舅, 小拇指頭
Ürümqi 尕拇指頭, 小拇指頭
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 幺指拇兒, 幺指拇, 小指拇兒, 小指拇, 指拇兒, 𨈓巴兒, 𨈓指拇兒, 𨈓巴根兒
Chongqing 幺指拇兒
Wuhan 小指甲
Guiyang 小指拇, 小指頭, 拉巴
Kunming 小拇指
Guilin 小指媽
Liuzhou 小指, 咩指崽, 小拇指
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 小拇指, 小指抹頭, 小指頭, 五馬指, 小寶寶
Yangzhou 小指, 小麻指, 小麻指頭
Nantong 小拇指頭
Hefei 小末爪子, 小末爪, 小末指, 小指拇頭子
Cantonese Guangzhou 手指尾, 尾指
Hong Kong 手指尾, 尾指
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 手指尾
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 手指尾, 尾指
Macau 手指尾
Guangzhou (Panyu) 手指尾
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 手指孻
Guangzhou (Conghua) 手指孻
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 孻尾指
Foshan 手指尾
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 尾指
Foshan (Shunde) 手指尾
Foshan (Sanshui) 手指尾
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 手指尾
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 手指尾
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 手指尾
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 手指尾
Zhuhai (Doumen) 手指尾
Jiangmen (Baisha) 尾指
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 尾指
Taishan 尾指, 尾指奴
Kaiping (Chikan) 尾指
Enping (Niujiang) 尾指
Heshan (Yayao) 手指尾
Dongguan 手指仔, 手指尾, 手指孻
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 手指孻
Yangjiang 手指尾
Nanning 尾指
Wuzhou 尾指
Yulin 細手指, 尾指, 尾手
Hepu (Lianzhou) 尾指
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 手指尾
Gan Nanchang 小拇指頭, 小拇指頭子
Lichuan 小手節
Pingxiang 細手指腦
Hakka Meixian 手指尾
Xingning 手指尾
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 手指仔
Huidong (Daling) 手指尾
Dongguan (Qingxi) 獵尾指
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 尾指, 手指仔
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 手指尾
Heyuan (Bendihua) 手指子
Wengyuan 手指尾
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 手指尾
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 手指仔
Liannan 手指尾
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 孻尾指
Jiexi 手指尾
Luhe 尾指
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 手指子
Changting 手指尾
Wuping 蟻公手指
Wuping (Yanqian) 尾手指
Wuping (Pingyu) 手指尾
Liancheng 手指尾
Ninghua 尾手指
Yudu 尾手指
Ningdu 細腦公公
Ruijin 尾手指
Shicheng 尾腦手指
Shangyou (Shexi) 手指尾
Tonggu (Sandu) 手指尾
Ganzhou (Panlong) 手指尾
Dayu 手指尾哩
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 手指尾
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 手指尾
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 手指尾
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 手指尾, 尾指
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 手指尾
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 尾指, 手指尾
Hong Kong 臘尾指
Yangxi (Tangkou) 手尾孻
Yangchun (Sanjia) 孻尾指
Xinyi (Sihe) 手指仔
Gaozhou (Xindong) 手尾孻
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 尾孻指
Huazhou (Xin'an) 手指尾
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 孻指
Lianjiang (Qingping) 手孻雞
Mengshan (Xihe) 滿手仔
Luchuan 手尾
Luchuan (Daqiao) 小指
Sabah (Longchuan) 手指尾
Senai (Huiyang) 手指尾
Singkawang 手指尾
Huizhou Jixi 細指頭
Shexian 小指
Jin Taiyuan 小拇指頭
Xinzhou 小拇指頭, 五拇指頭
Taibus (Baochang) 小拇指
Linhe 小拇勾, 小拇指頭子
Jining 小拇勾勾, 小拇指
Hohhot 小拇哥兒, 小拇指頭
Baotou 小拇勾勾
Dongsheng 小拇指
Haibowan 小拇指
Zhangjiakou 小拇指頭, 小拇哥兒
Handan 小拇指, 小拇指頭
Northern Min Jian'ou 尾指仔
Eastern Min Fuzhou 尾掌指, 尾指
Fuqing 尾掌指
Matsu 尾指
Southern Min Xiamen 尾指仔, 尾仔指
Xiamen (Tong'an) 尾指仔
Quanzhou 尾指仔
Jinjiang 尾指
Yongchun 尾指囝
Zhangzhou 尾指仔, 尾仔指, 尾掌指
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 尾指仔
Zhao'an 細掌頭仔
Taipei 尾指, 尾掌頭仔
New Taipei (Sanxia) 不吉
Kaohsiung 尾指
Yilan 尾指, 尾掌指仔
Changhua (Lukang) 尾指, 尾指仔
Taichung 尾掌頭仔, 尾掌指, 尾掌指仔
Taichung (Wuqi) 尾指仔
Tainan 尾掌指仔, 煞尾指
Taitung 尾掌頭仔
Hsinchu 尾指, 尾指仔
Kinmen 尾指仔
Penghu (Magong) 尾抅仔, 尾指
Longyan 後尾指仔
Pingnan (Shangdu) 小指
Chaozhou 尾指囝
Shantou 指尾囝
Shantou (Chenghai) 指尾囝
Jieyang 手尾指, 指尾囝, 指尾指
Haifeng 尾指
Bangkok (Teochew) 尾指
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 尾指
Leizhou 煞尾手囝
Wenchang 煞尾手囝
Haikou 細手囝, 孧手囝, 煞尾手囝
Qionghai 妚尾
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 孻指
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 細手指
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 細手指頭
Wu Shanghai 小節頭, 小拇指, 小手節頭, 小米節頭
Shanghai (Chongming) 小節頭
Suzhou 小密節頭
Danyang 小拇指頭
Hangzhou 小拇手指頭
Ningbo 小指末頭
Wenzhou 瑣蠻指頭兒
Jinhua 小手拇執頭
Xiang Changsha 細指腦, 細指拇, 小指腦, 小指腦子, 小指拇, 滿指拇
Shuangfeng 細手指腦
Hengyang 滿手腦
Quanzhou 滿指頭

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Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
小 指
こ
Grade: 1 		ゆび
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

小 (ko, “little”) +‎ 指 (yubi, “finger”) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

小(こ)指(ゆび) • (koyubi) 

  1. a little finger
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
小 指
しょう
Grade: 1 		し
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

小(しょう)指(し) • (shōshi) 

  1. (uncommon) a little finger[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ “手”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
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