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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

手指 [shǒuzhǐ]
  1. 1. noun finger

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

手指 [shǒuzhǐ]
  1. 1. finger; digit

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

手指 [shǒuzhǐ]
  1. 1. 手掌前端的5个长短不一的分支。

Examples

掰着手指
count on one's fingers
手指头杵他一下
give him a poke
割破手指
cut one's finger
手指上扎了一根刺
prick one's finger on a thorn; have a splinter in one's finger
天太冷,手指都冻直了。
It was so cold that my fingers were frozen stiff.
他用手指捅了个窗眼,偷看屋里人的情况。
He poked a hole in the window with his finger and peeped at the people inside.
从小练琴使他的手指头肚儿上磨出了许多茧子。
Many calluses appear on the front part of his fingers due to exercises on the piano from childhood.
一岁的小弟弟总爱吮咂手指,好像吃得很香似的。
My one-year-old little brother always sucks his fingers, as if eating something delicious.
我不小心被剃须刀割破了手指
My finger was accidentally cut by a razor.
你顺着我手指的方向望去,就会看到天狗了。
Look in the way I showed you, and you'll see the star named "heavenly dog".

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