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

• 发指眦裂(髮指眥裂) hair standing up and eyes wide in anger; enraged; in a towering rage
• 染指垂涎 dirty finger, mouth watering; greedy to seize sth
• 指望 to hope for; to count on ; a hope
• 指手划脚(指手劃腳) to gesticulate while talking; to explain by waving one's hands
• 指示 to point out; to indicate ; ideogram; zhishi ; to explain
• 技术指导(技術指導) technical instructor; coach
• 脊椎指压治疗师(脊椎指壓治療師) chiropractor
• 指派 to assign; to appoint; assignment
• 指数套利(指數套利) index arbitrage
• 尤指 especially; particularly
• 指授 to instruct
• 矛头指向(矛頭指向) to target (for attack, criticism etc)
• 指涉 reference
• 旋转指标(旋轉指標) winding number
• 尖指头(尖指頭) slender fingers
• 十指不沾阳春水(十指不沾陽春水) to have no need to fend for oneself; to lead a pampered life
• 翘拇指(翹拇指) to give a thumbs-up
• 生有枝指 born with extra toes or fingers
• 指到 to point at; to indicate
• 掐指头算(掐指頭算) to use thumb or fingers for counting
• 指示代名词(指示代名詞) demonstrative pronoun
• 指鸡骂狗(指雞罵狗) to point at the chicken while scolding the dog; to make indirect criticisms
• 掐指一算 to use thumb or fingers for counting
• 横眉冷对千夫指(橫眉冷對千夫指) to face a thousand pointing fingers with a cool scowl (citation from Lu Xun); to treat with disdain
• 指挥官(指揮官) commander
• 指交 fingering (sexual act)
• 指战员(指戰員) PLA commanders and fighters
• 结婚戒指(結婚戒指) wedding ring
• 拈指 a snap of the fingers; a short moment; in a flash; in the twinkling of an eye
• 指端 a fingertip
• 抗震救灾指挥部(抗震救災指揮部) earthquake relief headquarter
• 指甲盖(指甲蓋) fingernail
• 指纹(指紋) fingerprint
• 二拇指 index finger
• 短指 brachydactylism
• 枝指 extra toes or fingers
• 指令名字 command name
• 脊椎指压治疗医生(脊椎指壓治療醫生) chiropractor
• 指路 to give directions
• 指挥者(指揮者) conductor; director
• 指点(指點) to show how ; to point out a fault
• 所指 the objects indicated; as pointed out
• 恒生指数(恒生指數) Hang Seng index ( stock market)

Also contained in

五指山市 、 俱胝竖指 、 道琼斯工业平均指数 、 日经指数 、 日经平均指数 、 纳指 、 一指头禅 、 精简指令集

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
• 卷一百二十八 志第八十一 樂三 Volume 128 Treatises 81: Music 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 15
• 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
• 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
• 指申 (指申) 加十五日指申則處暑 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷三　天文訓 Chapter 3: Celestial Phenomena — count: 3
• 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