手指
shǒu zhǐ 3–3 → 2–3
finger
- Characters
- 2
- 手 · 指
- Syllables
- 2
- shǒu zhǐ
- Frequency
- Less common
- corpus count 3,266
Part of speech: n
Character by character
Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.
Example sentences
不能用手指人。
Bù néng yòng shǒu zhǐ rén
Don't point at others.
Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.
Words with the same characters
These words share at least one character with 手指. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.
- 手shǒuHSK 1
hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill
- 指zhǐHSK 3
finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end
- 手机shǒu jīHSK 1
cell phone; mobile phone
- 选手xuǎn shǒuHSK 3
athlete; contestant
- 手术shǒu shùHSK 4
(surgical) operation; surgery
- 对手duì shǒuHSK 3
opponent; rival; competitor; (well-matched) adversary; match
- 手里shǒu lǐHSK 4
in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands
- 手段shǒu duànHSK 5
method; means (of doing sth); strategy; trick
- 指导zhǐ dǎoHSK 3
to guide; to give directions; to direct; to coach; guidance; tuition
- 分手fēn shǒuHSK 4
to part company; to split up; to break up
- 指出zhǐ chūHSK 3
to indicate; to point out
- 指挥zhǐ huīHSK 4
to conduct; to command; to direct; conductor (of an orchestra)
- 歌手gē shǒuHSK 3
singer
- 动手dòng shǒuHSK 5
to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch
- 指示zhǐ shìHSK 5
to point out; to indicate; to instruct; directives; instructions
- 双手shuāng shǒuHSK 5
both hands
- 杀手shā shǒuHSK 7
killer; murderer; hit man; (sports) formidable player
- 高手gāo shǒuHSK 6
expert; past master; dab hand
- 放手fàng shǒu
to let go one's hold; to give up; to have a free hand
- 手法shǒu fǎHSK 5
technique; trick; skill
- 指责zhǐ zéHSK 5
to criticize; to find fault with; to denounce
- 戒指jiè zhiHSK 7
(finger) ring
- 手臂shǒu bìHSK 7
arm; helper
- 指定zhǐ dìngHSK 6
to appoint; to assign; to indicate clearly and with certainty; designated