手指

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Pronunciation 1

hand; convenient; ‑er
finger; to point; to direct
finger; to point; to direct; to indicate
 
trad. (手指) 手 指
simp. #(手指) 手 指
手指

Noun

手指

  1. (anatomy) finger (Classifier: 根 m; 隻／只 m c)
    交叉手指  ―  jiāochā shǒuzhǐ  ―  to cross one's fingers
    請切勿將手指伸入籠中。 [MSC, trad.]
    请切勿将手指伸入笼中。 [MSC, simp.]
    Qǐng qièwù jiāng shǒuzhǐ shēnrù lóng zhōng.
    Please do not poke your fingers through the cage.
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, informal) flash drive; thumb drive (Classifier: 隻／只 c)
Synonyms
  • (finger):
Dialectal synonyms of 手指 (“finger”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 指
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 手指
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 手指頭
Taiwan 手指, 手指頭
Chengde 手指頭
Chifeng 手指頭, 指頭
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 手指頭
Heihe 手指, 手指頭, 指頭
Qiqihar 指頭
Harbin 手指, 手指頭, 指頭
Jiamusi 手指, 手指頭, 指頭
Baicheng 手指頭
Changchun 手指頭
Tonghua 手指頭
Shenyang 手指, 手指頭, 指頭
Jinzhou 手指, 手指頭, 指頭
Singapore 手指
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 手指頭
Tangshan 手指, 手指頭
Cangzhou 手指頭
Baoding 手指頭
Shijiazhuang 指頭兒
Lijin 手指頭
Jinan 手指頭, 手指
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 手指頭
Dandong 手指, 手指頭, 指頭
Yantai 手指頭
Yantai (Muping) 手指頭兒, 指頭
Qingdao 手指頭
Zhucheng 手指頭, 手拇指頭兒
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 指頭
Lingbao 指頭
Jining 手指頭
Wanrong 手圪頭
Linfen 指頭
Shangqiu 手指頭, 指頭
Yuanyang 手指, 指頭
Zhengzhou 手指頭
Xinyang 手指頭
Baihe 手指頭, 指頭
Xi'an 手指, 手指頭, 指頭
Baoji 手指頭, 指頭
Tianshui 手指頭
Xining 手指頭
Xuzhou 手指頭, 手指
Fuyang 手指, 手指頭
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 指頭
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 手指頭, 指頭
Lanzhou 手指頭, 指頭
Dunhuang 手指頭
Hami 指頭
Ürümqi 手指頭
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 手指拇兒, 手指
Nanchong 手指拇兒
Dazhou 指拇兒
Hanyuan 指頭子
Xichang 手指, 手指頭, 指頭
Zigong 指拇兒
Chongqing 指拇兒
Wuhan 指甲, 手指, 手指頭
Yichang 手指頭, 指頭
Xiangyang 手指頭, 指頭
Tianmen 指頭, 指甲
Guiyang 手指頭
Zunyi 手指頭兒
Bijie 手指頭
Liping 指丫崽
Zhaotong 手指頭
Dali 手指頭
Kunming 手指, 手指頭, 指頭
Mengzi 手指頭, 指頭
Guilin 指媽, 手指
Liuzhou 手指頭, 手指, 指頭
Jishou 手指頭兒
Changde 手指
Hanzhong 手指, 手指頭, 指頭
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 手指抹頭, 手指頭
Yangzhou 麻指, 手指頭, 指頭, 手指
Lianyungang 手指頭
Lianshui 手指頭
Nantong 手爪兒, 手指頭, 手指末頭兒
Anqing 手指頭
Wuhu 手指頭, 手指拇頭子
Hefei 手指頭, 末爪頭, 末爪頭子, 手爪子
Huanggang 指丫兒
Hong'an 指甲
Cantonese Guangzhou 手指
Hong Kong 手指
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 手指
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 手指
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 手指
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 手指
Macau 手指
Guangzhou (Panyu) 手指
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 手指
Guangzhou (Conghua) 手指頭
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 手指
Foshan 手指
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 手指
Foshan (Shunde) 手指
Foshan (Sanshui) 手指
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 手指
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 手指
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 手指
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 手指
Zhuhai (Doumen) 手指
Jiangmen (Baisha) 手指
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 手指
Taishan 手指, 手仔
Kaiping (Chikan) 手指
Enping (Niujiang) 手指
Heshan (Yayao) 手指
Dongguan 手指
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 手指
Shenzhen (Dapeng) 手指
Shaoguan 手指
Yunfu 手指
Yangjiang 手指
Xinyi 手指
Lianjiang 手指
Nanning 手指
Wuzhou 手指
Yulin 手兒
Hepu (Lianzhou) 手指
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 手指
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 手指
Gan Nanchang 指頭子, 指頭, 手指頭, 指姆頭子, 手指姆頭子, 手指丫
Lichuan 手節
Pingxiang 手指腦
Hakka Meixian 手指
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 手指
Dongguan (Qingxi) 手指
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 手指
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 手指
Heyuan (Bendihua) 手指
Liannan 手指
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 手指
Jiexi 手指頭
Changting 手指頭
Yudu 手指
Shicheng 手指腦
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 手指
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 手指
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 手指
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 手指
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 手指
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 手指頭, 手指
Hong Kong 手指仔
Luchuan (Daqiao) 手指
Senai (Huiyang) 手指
Singkawang 手指
Huizhou Jixi 指頭, 手指頭
Shexian 手拇頭, 手指頭
Huangshan (Tunxi) 指指兒, 手指指兒頭
Xiuning 手指指兒
Yixian 手指頭兒
Qimen 手指
Wuyuan 手指頭
Jin Taiyuan 手指頭, 指頭兒
Pingyao 指頭兒
Yangyuan 手指, 指頭
Datong 手指頭兒, 指頭兒
Xinzhou 指頭
Lüliang (Lishi) 指頭兒
Changzhi 手指頭
Linhe 指頭子
Jining 手指頭
Hohhot 指頭, 指頭子
Erenhot 手指頭, 指頭
Pingshan 手指頭, 指頭
Zhangjiakou 手指頭兒
Handan 手指
Linzhou 手指頭
Suide 手指頭兒, 指頭兒
Northern Min Jian'ou 手指仔
Jian'ou (Dikou) 手仔
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 手仔
Pucheng (Shibei) 手指仔, 手爪仔
Eastern Min Fuzhou 掌指, 手掌指, 手指
Fuzhou (Changle) 掌指
Fuqing 手掌指
Yongtai 掌指
Gutian 掌指
Fu'an 掌頭
Ningde 掌頭
Shouning 掌頭囝
Zhouning 掌頭
Fuding 掌頭囝
Matsu 掌指, 手掌指
Southern Min Xiamen 掌頭仔, 手爪
Quanzhou 掌頭仔, 手爪
Jinjiang 掌頭仔
Anxi 掌頭仔
Yongchun 掌頭囝
Dehua 掌頭囝
Zhangzhou 手掌頭仔, 手掌指仔, 手掌指, 掌頭仔, 掌指仔, 掌指, 手爪, 手指
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 掌頭仔
Zhao'an 手掌指仔
Dongshan 手掌頭仔
Taipei 掌頭仔
New Taipei (Sanxia) 掌頭仔
Kaohsiung 掌頭仔
Yilan 掌頭仔
Changhua (Lukang) 掌頭仔
Taichung 掌頭仔
Tainan 掌頭仔
Hsinchu 掌頭仔
Kinmen 掌頭仔
Penghu (Magong) 掌頭仔
Penang (Hokkien) 手指, 惹捚
Singapore (Hokkien) 手掌頭仔, 掌頭仔, 手爪
Manila (Hokkien) 掌頭仔
Longyan 手指仔
Zhangping 手指
Zhangping (Yongfu) 手指仔
Datian 手指頭
Pingnan (Shangdu) 手指
Chaozhou 手指
Shantou 手指
Jieyang 指
Haifeng 手指仔
Bangkok (Teochew) 手指
Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) 指
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 手指
Singapore (Teochew) 手指
Leizhou 手囝
Wenchang 手囝
Haikou 手囝
Puxian Min Putian 手指頭
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 手指, 手指頭
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 手指
Shehua Fu'an 手仔
Fuding 手仔
Luoyuan 手仔
Sanming 手仔
Shunchang 手仔
Hua'an 手指
Guixi (Zhangping) 手指仔
Cangnan 手仔
Jingning (Hexi) 手指仔
Lishui 手仔
Longyou 手仔
Chaozhou 手指
Fengshun 手指
Wu Shanghai 手節頭, 手指頭, 節頭官, 節頭骨
Shanghai (Chongming) 手節頭, 節頭
Suzhou 手節頭
Wuxi 手節頭
Danyang 指頭, 手指頭, 手拇指頭
Hangzhou 手指頭兒, 手指頭
Ningbo 指末頭, 手指末頭
Wenzhou 手指頭兒, 指頭兒
Jinhua 手拇執頭, 手指頭
Jinhua (Tangxi) 手末節頭
Xiang Changsha 手指腦, 手指拇
Xiangtan 手指腦
Loudi 手指腦
Shuangfeng 手指腦
Hengyang 手指腦
Quanzhou 手指頭
  • (flash drive):
Hyponyms
Derived terms

Pronunciation 2

hand; convenient; ‑er
finger; to point; to direct
finger; to point; to direct; to indicate
 
trad. (手指) 手 指
simp. #(手指) 手 指
alternative forms 手只
手子

Noun

手指

  1. (Min) finger ring; ring (Classifier: 奇 mn)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 戒指 (“finger ring”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 指環
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 戒指, 指環
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 戒指, 戒指兒, 鎦子, 嘎子
Taiwan 戒指
Chengde 戒指
Chifeng 戒指
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 戒指, 手溜兒
Heihe 戒指
Qiqihar 戒指兒
Harbin 手箍子, 戒指兒, 戒指, 戒子兒
Jiamusi 戒指, 戒子
Baicheng 戒指
Tonghua 戒指
Shenyang 戒指
Jinzhou 戒指, 鎦子
Singapore 戒指
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 戒子, 嘎子, 鎦子
Tangshan 戒指兒
Cangzhou 戒指
Baoding 戒指兒, 鎦子
Shijiazhuang 戒指
Lijin 戒指兒
Jinan 戒指, 戒鎦子
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 般子
Dandong 戒指, 手鎦子, 鎦子
Yantai 般子
Yantai (Muping) 般子, 手般子
Qingdao 戒指兒
Zhucheng 戒指, 戒指子
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 戒指兒, 箍兒
Lingbao 戒指, 鎦子
Wanrong 戒圈子
Shangqiu 戒指, 戒子
Yuanyang 戒指
Zhengzhou 戒指兒
Xinyang 戒指, 手箍兒
Baihe 戒指, 箍子
Xi'an 戒指
Baoji 戒指
Tianshui 戒指
Xining 戒指兒
Xuzhou 戒箍子, 箍子, 戒鎦子, 鎦子, 戒指
Fuyang 戒指, 手箍子
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 戒指子, 戒指兒
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 戒指
Lanzhou 戒指, 戒指子, 手箍子
Dunhuang 戒指, 手戒指
Hami 戒指
Ürümqi 戒指, 戒箍子
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 箍子, 戒指
Nanchong 戒指
Dazhou 戒指
Hanyuan 箍子
Xichang 手箍兒, 手箍子
Zigong 戒指兒
Wuhan 戒指, 箍子, 幹子
Xiangyang 戒指
Tianmen 手箍子, 箍子
Guiyang 戒指
Zunyi 戒指
Bijie 戒指
Liping 戒指
Zhaotong 戒箍
Dali 戒指
Kunming 戒指, 戒箍
Mengzi 戒指
Guilin 戒指
Liuzhou 戒指
Jishou 戒指, 箍子
Changde 箍子
Hanzhong 戒指
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 戒指, 手箍
Yangzhou 戒指, 戒指子, 指戒箍
Lianyungang 戒指, 戒箍子
Lianshui 戒指
Nantong 戒指兒
Anqing 戒指, 戒箍兒
Wuhu 戒指子, 戒箍子
Hefei 戒指
Hong'an 戒指
Cantonese Guangzhou 戒指
Hong Kong 戒指
Foshan 戒指
Foshan (Shunde) 戒指
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 戒指
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 戒指
Taishan 戒指
Kaiping (Chikan) 戒指
Dongguan 戒指
Shaoguan 戒指
Yunfu 戒指
Xinyi 戒指
Lianjiang 戒指
Nanning 戒指
Gan Nanchang 戒箍子
Pengze 戒指
Lichuan 戒指
Pingxiang 戒指
Hakka Meixian 戒指
Changting 戒指
Longyan (Yongding) 戒指
Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding) 戒指
Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding) 戒指
Liancheng (Peitian) 手指
Liancheng (Juxi) 手指
Liancheng (Zhongbao) 手指
Liancheng (Laiyuan) 手指
Yudu 戒指
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 禁指
Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian) 禁指
Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian) 禁指
Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian) 禁指
Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian) 禁指
Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian) 禁指
Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian) 禁指
Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) 禁指
Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) 禁指
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 戒指
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 手指
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 戒指
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 手指仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 禁指
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 手禁
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 禁指
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 手鎉
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 戒指
Singkawang 戒指
Bangkok (Meixian) 手戒指
Bangkok (Fengshun) 金指
Huizhou Jixi 戒指
Shexian 戒指
Jin Taiyuan 戒指, 鎦子
Yangyuan 戒指
Datong 戒指兒, 忍耐兒
Xinzhou 戒指子, 戒鎦子, 鎦子
Lüliang (Lishi) 戒指兒
Changzhi 戒指兒, 圈子
Linhe 戒指
Jining 戒指
Hohhot 戒指
Erenhot 戒指
Pingshan 戒指兒
Zhangjiakou 戒指
Handan 戒指, 手鎦子
Linzhou 戒指兒
Suide 戒指
Eastern Min Fuzhou 手指
Fuqing 手指
Minqing 手指
Matsu 手指
Southern Min Xiamen 手指
Quanzhou 手指
Jinjiang 手指
Zhangzhou 手指
Zhao'an 手指
Taipei 手指
New Taipei (Tamsui) 手指
New Taipei (Sanxia) 手指
New Taipei (Pingxi) 手指
Kaohsiung 手指
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 手指
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 手指
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 手指
Yilan 手指
Yilan (Luodong) 手指
Yilan (Toucheng) 手指
Changhua (Lukang) 手指
Taichung 手指
Taichung (Wuqi) 手指
Tainan 手指
Tainan (Anping) 手指
Taitung 手指
Hsinchu 手指
Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) 手指
Kinmen 手指
Penghu (Magong) 手指
Penghu (Xiyu) 手指
Penang (Hokkien) 手指
Singapore (Hokkien) 手指
Manila (Hokkien) 手指
Longyan 手指仔
Pingnan (Shangdu) 戒指
Shantou 手指
Jieyang 手指, 手節
Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) 戒指
Leizhou 手指
Wenchang 戒指
Haikou 指奇
Puxian Min Putian 手指
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 手指
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 手指
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 手指
Xianyou 手指
Xianyou (Fengting) 手指
Xianyou (Youyang) 手指
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 戒指
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 戒指, 指戒
Waxiang Guzhang (Gaofeng) 戒箍子
Wu Shanghai 戒指
Shanghai (Chongming) 戒指
Suzhou 戒指
Danyang 戒指, 戒箍
Hangzhou 戒指兒
Ningbo 戒指
Wenzhou 戒指兒
Jinhua 戒指
Xiang Changsha 戒指, 箍子
Loudi 戒箍子
Hengyang 手箍子
Quanzhou 戒指

Further reading

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
手 指
しゅ
Grade: 1 		し
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

手(しゅ)指(し) • (shushi) 

  1. (often in compounds) finger; hand
    手(しゅ)指(し)衛(えい)生(せい)
    shushi eisei
    manual hygiene; hand washing

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
手 指
て
Grade: 1 		ゆび
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Of 手(て) (te, “hand; arm”) + 指(ゆび) (yubi, “digit”)

Pronunciation

Noun

手(て)指(ゆび) • (teyubi) 

  1. finger
    Synonym: 指 (yubi, “finger; digit”)
    Antonym: 足指 (ashiyubi, “toe”)
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