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

• 指认(指認) to identify
• 指路 to give directions
• 手指头(手指頭) finger
• 指数套利(指數套利) index arbitrage
• 五指 five fingers
• 中指 middle finger
• 指归(指歸) goal; aim
• 指导(指導) to guide; to direct ; guidance; tuition
• 了如指掌 to know something like the back of one's hand ; to understand as [clearly as] pointing to the palm of the hand
• 指征(指徵) indicator; indication
• 指事字 ideogram (one of the Six Methods of forming Chinese characters); Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down
• 季指 little finger
• 泛指(汎指) to mean broadly; to usually indicate
• 指斥 to denounce; to censure; to rebuke
• 言近指远(言近指遠) simple words, profound meaning
• 指端 a fingertip
• 伸手不见五指(伸手不見五指) pitch-dark
• 指点迷津(指點迷津) to show somebody how to get to the right path
• 指导教授(指導教授) adviser; advising professor
• 令人发指(令人髮指) to make one's hair stand up in anger; to raise people's hackles
• 指摘 to point out a fault; to criticize
• 沪综指(滬綜指) Shanghai composite index (stock market index)
• 指示 to point out; to indicate ; ideogram; zhishi ; to explain
• 指导课(指導課) tutorial; period of tuition for one or two students
• 莫可指数(莫可指數) countless; innumerable
• 长度指示符(長度指示符) length indicator
• 染指 to dip a finger; to get one's finger in the pie; to get a share of the action
• 首屈一指 to count as number one; second to none; outstanding
• 发出指示(發出指示) to issue instructions
• 翘拇指(翹拇指) to give a thumbs-up
• 指日可待 imminent; just around the corner
• 指桑骂槐(指桑罵槐) to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree; to scold indirectly
• 指涉 reference
• 瞎指挥(瞎指揮) to direct blindly; to issue confused orders; to give contradictory directions
• 小拇指 little finger; pinkie
• 大拇指 thumb
• 指引 to guide; to show
• 指数基金(指數基金) index fund
• 指南针(指南針) compass
• 翻译指南(翻譯指南) a translation guide
• 手指 finger
• 拈指 a snap of the fingers; a short moment; in a flash; in the twinkling of an eye

Also contained in

指东划西 、 指大词缀 、 语音指令 、 指大 、 宏指令 、 日经平均指数 、 金融时报指数 、 精简指令集 、 官话指南

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Truncated for common words

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• 卷十三 Scroll 13 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 27
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• 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