指紋

See also: 指纹

Chinese

		finger; to point; to direct finger; to point; to direct; to indicate	line; trace; mark
trad. (指紋)		指	紋
simp. (指纹)		指	纹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² man⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chí-bûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhwún
    • Wade–Giles: chih³-wên²
    • Yale: jř-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyywen
    • Palladius: чживэнь (čživɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zi² man⁴
    • Yale: jí màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ mɐn²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 子民 指紋／指纹

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: tsí-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cy'buun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bun²³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 指紋

1. loops and whorls on a finger
2. fingerprint

Synonyms

• (fingerprint):

(deprecated template usage)

• 手印 (shǒuyìn)
• 手指模 (sau² zi² mou⁴) (Cantonese)
• 手指腡／手指脶 (Hakka)
• 手模 (shǒumó)
• 手痕 (Hokkien)
• 指印 (zhǐyìn)
• 指模 (zi² mou⁴) (Cantonese, Hokkien)
• 掌頭仔痕／掌头仔痕 (Hokkien)
• 節頭印／节头印 (⁷ciq-deu-in) (Wu)
• 紋腡／纹脶 (⁶ven-lu) (Wu)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (指紋):

• → Japanese: 指紋(しもん) (shimon)
• → Korean: 지문(指紋) (jimun)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
指	紋
し Grade: 3	もん Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

指(し)紋(もん) • (shimon) 

1. fingerprint