手指

Chinese

		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

Pronunciation 1

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 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. [Pinyin]

   Please do not poke your fingers through the cage.

2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, informal) flash drive; thumb drive (Classifier: 隻／只 c)

Synonyms

• (finger): (literary, or in compounds) 指 (zhǐ)

Dialectal synonyms of 手指 (“finger”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		指
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		手指
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	手指頭
	Taiwan	手指, 手指頭
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	手指頭
	Harbin	手指頭
	Shenyang	手指頭
	Singapore	手指
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	手指頭, 手指
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	手指頭兒, 指頭
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	指頭
	Wanrong	手圪頭
	Zhengzhou	手指頭
	Xi'an	手指頭, 指頭
	Xining	手指頭
	Xuzhou	手指頭, 手指
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	指頭
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	指頭
	Lanzhou	手指頭
	Ürümqi	手指頭
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	手指拇兒, 手指
	Wuhan	指甲
	Guiyang	手指頭
	Kunming	手指頭
	Guilin	指媽
	Liuzhou	手指頭, 手指
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	手指抹頭, 手指頭
	Yangzhou	麻則, 手則頭, 則頭
	Nantong	手爪兒, 手折頭, 手折末頭兒
	Hefei	末爪頭, 末爪頭子, 手爪子
	Huanggang	指丫兒
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
	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	手美頭, 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
	Xinzhou	指頭
	Hohhot	指頭子
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
	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
	Quanzhou	手指頭

• (flash drive):

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• U盤／U盘 (yōupán) (mainland China)
• 優盤／优盘 (yōupán) (mainland China)
• 大拇哥 (dàmǔgē) (mainland China, slang)
• 快閃碟／快闪碟 (kuàishǎndié)
• 快閃記憶體盤／快闪记忆体盘 (kuàishǎn jìyìtǐpán) (Taiwan)
• 快閃隨身碟／快闪随身碟 (kuàishǎn suíshēndié) (Taiwan)
• 行動碟／行动碟 (xíngdòngdié)
• 記憶條／记忆条 (jìyìtiáo)
• 記憶棒／记忆棒 (jìyìbàng)
• 記憶體／记忆体 (gei³ jik¹ tai²) (Cantonese)
• 閃存盤／闪存盘 (shǎncúnpán) (mainland China)
• 閃盤／闪盘 (shǎnpán) (mainland China)
• 隨身碟／随身碟 (suíshēndié) (Taiwan)
• 霹靂碟／霹雳碟 (pīlìdié) (mainland China, slang)

 

Hyponyms

• (finger): 大拇指 (dàmǔzhǐ), 食指 (shízhǐ), 中指 (zhōngzhǐ), 無名指／无名指 (wúmíngzhǐ), 小指 (xiǎozhǐ)

Pronunciation 2

• Eastern Min (BUC): chiū-cī
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhiú-chí / chhiú-chái / chhiú-cháiⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ciu² zi²

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chiū-cī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰieu³³⁻³⁵ ^(t͡s-)ʒi³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Singapore, Penang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-chí
    • Tâi-lô: tshiú-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiwcie
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁴¹/
    • IPA (Penang): /t͡sʰiu⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ t͡si⁴⁴⁵/
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰiu⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡si⁴²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-chái
    • Tâi-lô: tshiú-tsái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiwzae
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-cháiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshiú-tsáinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiwzvae
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sãi⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ciu² zi²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiú tsí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiu⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡si⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 手指

1. (Min) finger ring; ring (Classifier: 跤 mn)

   • 送你這卡無緣的手指，感謝你陪伴我這多年。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     送你这卡无缘的手指，感谢你陪伴我这多年。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1994, (deprecated template usage) 陳雷 (lyricist 王月娛), 《心愛的甭哭》

     Sàng lí chit kha bô-iân ê chhiú-chí, kám-siā lí pôe-phōaⁿ góa chiah chōe nî. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     [I] give you this unfated ring; thank you for being by my side all these years.

Synonyms

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• 彄環／𫸩环
• 戒指
• 戒箍子 (dialectal)
• 手記／手记 (shǒujì) (obsolete)
• 指環／指环 (zhǐhuán) (formal)
• 箍子 (gūzi) (dialectal)
• 約指／约指 (yuēzhǐ) (literary)
• 鎦子／镏子 (liùzi) (dialectal)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 戒指 (“finger ring”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		指環
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		戒指, 指環
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	戒指兒, 嘎子
	Taiwan	戒指
	Harbin	手箍子, 戒指兒
	Singapore	戒指
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	鎦子
	Jinan	戒指, 戒鎦子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	斑子, 手斑子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	戒指兒, 箍兒
	Wanrong	戒圈子
	Zhengzhou	戒指兒
	Xi'an	戒指
	Xining	戒指兒
	Xuzhou	戒箍子, 箍子, 戒鎦子, 鎦子, 戒指
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	戒指子, 戒指兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	戒指
	Lanzhou	戒指子, 手箍子
	Ürümqi	戒指
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	箍子, 戒指
	Wuhan	箍子, 幹子
	Guiyang	戒指
	Kunming	戒箍
	Guilin	戒指
	Liuzhou	戒指
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	戒指
	Yangzhou	戒指子
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
	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
Jin	Taiyuan	鎦子
	Xinzhou	戒指子
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
	Quanzhou	戒指

Further reading

• “Entry #997”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

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