ReadWriteQuiz
Chinese dictionary
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v.point at
她指了指村子所在的方向。
She pointed to where the village lay.
请指出地图上的位置。
Please indicate the position on a map.
用手指指出来。
Point out with your finger.
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n.finger
食指
index finger
天太黑，伸手不见五指。
It's so dark that you can't even see your hand in front of you.
大拇指
thumb
- 3
v.indicate
你说这话指什么？
What's your indication by saying this?
指示
indicate
指导
guide
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v.count on
指着工资生活
depend on the wages for living
指望
count on
全家老少都指着他生活。
The whole family, young and old, relied on him.
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measure wordfingerbreadth
一指宽
one fingerbreadth wide
三指雪
snow of three fingerlengths deep
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v.(of hair) stand stiffly on end
发指
get one's hackles up
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v.refer to
那句话不是指他的。
That remark does not refer to him.
不难明白，他这指的是谁。
It's not hard to understand who he's referring to here.
Words and phrases with 指
- 指点[word]point out; gossip about somebody
- 指挥棒[word]conductor's baton; direction and control
- 指甲[word]nail
- 指南针[word]compass; guideline
- 指纹[word]loops and whorls on a finger; fingerprint
- 指环[word]ring
- 指向[word]point to; directing
- 指导[word]guide
- 指示[word]indicate; instruct
- 指桑骂槐[idiom]attack by innuendo
- 指挥若定[idiom]be perfectly calm and collected in commanding the army
- 指指点点[idiom]gesticulating
- 指手划脚[idiom]gesticulate; make indiscreet remarks or criticisms
- 指天誓日[idiom]call heaven to witness
- 指日可待[idiom]be just round the corner
- 指鹿为马[idiom]call a stag a horse
- 指腹为婚[idiom]an antenatal betrothal
- 指名道姓[idiom]be identified