指 zhǐ
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zhǐ
verb
to point
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (ABC 'zhǐ' 指 v 1; Guoyu '指' v 1; Kroll 2015 '指' 2, p. 606; NCCED '指' 3; Unihan '指') -
zhǐ
noun
finger
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 手指 (ABC 'zhǐ' 指 bf 1; Guoyu '指' n 1; Kroll 2015 '指' 1, p. 606; NCCED '指' 1; Unihan '指') -
zhǐ
measure word
digit; fingerwidth
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (ABC 'zhǐ' 指 m; Guoyu '指' n 2; NCCED '指' 2) -
zhǐ
verb
to indicate
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '指' 2, p. 607; NCCED '指' 5) -
zhǐ
verb
to make one's hair stand on end
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (NCCED '指' 4) -
zhǐ
verb
to refer to
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (ABC 'zhǐ' 指 v 2; Kroll 2015 '指' 2b, p. 607; NCCED '指' 6) -
zhǐ
verb
to rely on; to depend on
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 依赖 (ABC 'zhǐ' 指 v 3; Guoyu '指' v 3; NCCED '指' 7) -
zhǐ
noun
toe
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 腳趾頭 (ABC 'zhǐ' 指 bf 2; Kroll 2015 '指' 1a, p. 606) -
zhǐ
verb
to face towards
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 朝向 (Guoyu '指' v 2; Kroll 2015 '指' 2a, p. 606) -
zhǐ
verb
to face upwards; to be upright
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 直立 (Guoyu '指' v 5; Kroll 2015 '指' 2c, p. 606) -
zhǐ
verb
to take responsibility for
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '指' 3, p. 606) -
zhǐ
noun
meaning; purpose
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 用意 or 主旨 (Guoyu '指' n 3; Kroll 2015 '指' 4, p. 606) -
zhǐ
verb
to denounce
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 斥责 (Guoyu '指' v 4)
Contained in
- 指控 accusation; a (criminal) charge; to accuse
- 指路 to give directions
- 火山爆发指数(火山爆發指數) volcanic explosivity index (VEI)
- 脚指(腳指) toe
- 指数套利(指數套利) index arbitrage
- 指环(指環) a (finger) ring
- 指出 to point out
- 翘拇指(翹拇指) to give a thumbs-up
- 十二指肠(十二指腸) duodenum
- 指挥者(指揮者) conductor; director
- 确指(確指) to indicate precisely
- 中指 middle finger
- 指挥棒(指揮棒) baton
- 弹指(彈指) a snap of the fingers; a short moment
- 发出指示(發出指示) to issue instructions
- 令人发指(令人髮指) to make one's hair stand up in anger; to raise people's hackles
- 莅临指导(蒞臨指導) to honor with one's presence and offer guidance
- 五指 five fingers
- 戒指 wedding ring
- 目指气使(目指氣使) to give orders using an angry look
- 指定 to appoint; to designate
- 巨无霸汉堡包指数(巨無霸漢堡包指數) Big Mac Index, a measure of the purchasing power parity (PPP) between currencies
- 指模 fingerprint; thumbprint
- 指尖 fingertips
- 指掌 point to the palm of the hand
- 指导员(指導員) instructor; coach; political instructor
- 指手画脚(指手畫腳) to gesticulate
- 借指 to refer to; to give a metaphor
- 指甲油 nail polish
- 沪综指(滬綜指) Shanghai composite index (stock market index)
- 指示 to point out; to indicate ; ideogram; zhishi ; to explain
- 手指头(手指頭) finger
- 颐指风使(頤指風使) to order people by pointing the chin; to signal orders by facial gesture; arrogant and bossy
- 指桑骂槐(指桑罵槐) to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree; to scold indirectly
- 性指向 sexual orientation
- 尖指头(尖指頭) slender fingers
- 小拇指 little finger; pinkie
- 指端 a fingertip
- 指鸡骂狗(指雞罵狗) to point at the chicken while scolding the dog; to make indirect criticisms
- 指证(指證) to testify; to give evidence
- 指纹(指紋) fingerprint
- 轮指(輪指) circular finger movement (in playing plucked instrument); strumming
- 指关节(指關節) knuckle
- 指授 to instruct
- 指导者(指導者) coach; mentor; counselor; instructor; director; guide; conductor
Also contained in
五指山 、 五指山市 、 即指即译 、 特指问句 、 指南车 、 指小
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷三 天文訓 Chapter 3: Celestial Phenomena Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 38
- 卷十三 Scroll 13 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 27
- 卷二十七 志第三 天文三 Volume 27 Treatises 3: Astronomy 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 21
- 魏紀 Records of the Wei Bamboo Annals 竹書紀年 — count: 18
- 卷三百〇六 列傳第一百九十四 閹黨 焦芳 張綵 顧秉謙 崔呈秀 劉志選 曹欽程 王紹徽 霍維華 閻鳴泰 賈繼春 田爾耕 Volume 306 Biographies 194: Eunuchs - Jiao Fang, Zhang Cai, Gu Bingqian, Cui Chengxiu, Liu Zhixuan, Cao Qincheng, Wang Shaohui, Huo Weihua, Yan Mingtai, Jia Jichun, Tian Ergeng History of Ming 明史 — count: 15
- 卷三百〇八 列傳第一百九十六 奸臣 胡惟庸 陳瑛 嚴嵩 周延儒 溫體仁 馬士英 Volume 308 Biographies 196: Treacherous Officials - Hu Weiyong, Chen Ying, Yan Song, Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren, Ma ShiYing History of Ming 明史 — count: 15
- 卷一百二十八 志第八十一 樂三 Volume 128 Treatises 81: Music 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 15
- 卷一百四十二 志第九十五 樂十七 Volume 142 Treatises 95: Music 17 History of Song 宋史 — count: 14
- 卷五 滅國上第七 滅國下第八 隨本消息第九 盟會要第十 正貫第十一 十指第十二 重政第十三 Scroll 5 Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露 — count: 14
- 卷九十八 志第七十四 藝文三 Volume 98 Treatises 74: Arts and Literature 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 13
Collocations
- 日指 (日指) 加十五日指癸則小寒 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷三 天文訓 Chapter 3: Celestial Phenomena — count: 23
- 招摇指 (招搖指) 招搖指寅 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷五 時則訓 Chapter 5: Seasonal Standards — count: 12
- 指丑 (指醜) 加十五日指丑則大寒 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷三 天文訓 Chapter 3: Celestial Phenomena — count: 4
- 指寅 (指寅) 加十五日指寅則雨水 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷三 天文訓 Chapter 3: Celestial Phenomena — count: 4
- 指子 (指子) 斗指子則冬至 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷三 天文訓 Chapter 3: Celestial Phenomena — count: 4
- 指亥 (指亥) 加十五日指亥則小雪 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷三 天文訓 Chapter 3: Celestial Phenomena — count: 3
- 指巳 (指巳) 加十五日指巳則小滿 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷三 天文訓 Chapter 3: Celestial Phenomena — count: 3
- 指戌 (指戌) 加十五日指戌則霜降 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷三 天文訓 Chapter 3: Celestial Phenomena — count: 3
- 指辰 (指辰) 加十五日指辰則穀雨 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷三 天文訓 Chapter 3: Celestial Phenomena — count: 3
- 指卯 (指卯) 加十五日指卯中繩 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷三 天文訓 Chapter 3: Celestial Phenomena — count: 3