指 zhǐ

1. 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')
2. 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')
3. 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)
4. zhǐ verb to indicate
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '指' 2, p. 607; NCCED '指' 5)
5. zhǐ verb to make one's hair stand on end
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (NCCED '指' 4)
6. 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)
7. 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)
8. 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)
9. 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)
10. 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)
11. zhǐ verb to take responsibility for
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '指' 3, p. 606)
12. 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)
13. zhǐ verb to denounce
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 斥责 (Guoyu '指' v 4)

Contained in

• 指望 to hope for; to count on ; a hope
• 掐指一算 to use thumb or fingers for counting
• 拇指 thumb; big toe
• 指授 to instruct
• 首屈一指 to count as number one; second to none; outstanding
• 上海证券交易所综合股价指(上海證券交易所綜合股價指) Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) Composite Index
• 抗震救灾指挥部(抗震救災指揮部) earthquake relief headquarter
• 戟指 to point the fingers of both hands to single somebody out in scorn
• 指鹿为马(指鹿為馬) making a deer out to be a horse; deliberate misrepresentation
• 技术指导(技術指導) technical instructor; coach
• 指明 to show clearly; to designate; to indicate
• 结婚戒指(結婚戒指) wedding ring
• 掐指头算(掐指頭算) to use thumb or fingers for counting
• 季指 little finger
• 指示剂(指示劑) indicator
• 目指气使(目指氣使) to give orders using an angry look
• 指认(指認) to identify
• 小拇指 little finger; pinkie
• 指向 to point towards; aimed at; facing; the direction indicated
• 屈指行程二万 counting up, we've done [travelled] twenty thousand in all
• 泛指(汎指) to mean broadly; to usually indicate
• 中指 middle finger
• 指鸡骂狗(指雞罵狗) to point at the chicken while scolding the dog; to make indirect criticisms
• 二拇指 index finger
• 指甲盖(指甲蓋) fingernail
• 指挥有方，人人乐从(指揮有方，人人樂從) Command right and you will be obeyed cheerfully.
• 扳指儿(扳指兒) thumbring
• 令人发指(令人髮指) to make one's hair stand up in anger; to raise people's hackles
• 兰花指(蘭花指) hand gesture in traditional dances (joined thumb and middle finger, the rest extended)
• 指手画脚(指手畫腳) to gesticulate
• 短指 brachydactylism
• 指掌 point to the palm of the hand
• 翘拇指(翹拇指) to give a thumbs-up
• 旋转指标(旋轉指標) winding number
• 手指 finger
• 指甲刀 nail clipper
• 指印 fingerprint; finger mark; thumbprint
• 指鹿作马(指鹿作馬) to take a deer and call it a horse; deliberate inversion of the truth
• 特指 to refer in particular to
• 指摹 fingerprint; thumbprint
• 姆指 thumb
• 生有枝指 born with extra toes or fingers
• 尤指 especially; particularly
• 伸手不见五指(伸手不見五指) pitch-dark
• 居民消费价格指数(居民消費價格指數) consumer price index CPI
• 十二指肠(十二指腸) duodenum
• 指甲剪 nail clipper

Also contained in

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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
• 指酉 (指酉) 加十五日指酉中繩 — 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
• 指午 (指午) 加十五日指午則陽氣極 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷三　天文訓 Chapter 3: Celestial Phenomena — count: 3