手指

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Pronunciation 1

		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

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): shǒuzhǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄓˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sou³ zi³

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sau² zi²

  (Dongguan, Jyutping++): saau² zi²

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sú-chṳ́

  (Hailu, HRS): shiu^ˊ zhi^ˊ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): su³ zi³

• Eastern Min (BUC): chiū-cāi
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ciu⁵ zai³
• Southern Min

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

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ciu² zoin²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵seu-tsy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuzhǐ [Phonetic: shóuzhǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄓˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒujhǐh
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-chih³
    • Yale: shǒu-jř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooujyy
    • Palladius: шоучжи (šoučži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 手指 手紙 / 手纸

  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: sou³ zi³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: souz
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /səu⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sau² zi²
    • Yale: sáu jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 手指 手紙 / 手纸

  • (Dongguan, Guancheng)
    • Jyutping++: saau² zi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sau³⁵ t͡si³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sú-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: su^ˋ zii^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: su³ zi³
    • Sinological IPA: /su³¹ t͡sɨ³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: shiu^ˊ zhi^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /ʃiu²⁴⁻³³ t͡ʃi²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: su³ zi³
    • Sinological IPA: /su³¹ t͡sz̩³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chiū-cāi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰieu³³⁻³⁵ ^(t͡s-)ʒai³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Jiangkou, Nanri)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ciu⁵ zai³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: chiū-câi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiu¹¹ t͡sai⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ciu⁵ zai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiu²¹ t͡sai³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-chí
    • Tâi-lô: tshiú-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiwcie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-chái
    • Tâi-lô: tshiú-tsái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiwzae
    • IPA (Penang): /t͡sʰiu⁴⁴⁵⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai⁴⁴⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-cháiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshiú-tsáinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiwzvae
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sãi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sãi⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ciu² zoin²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiú tsóiⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiu⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sõĩ⁵²⁻²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵seu-tsy
    • MiniDict: seu^去 tsy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²seu-tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sɤ³³ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

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):

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
	Chengde	手指頭
	Chifeng	手指頭, 指頭
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	手指頭
	Heihe	手指, 手指頭, 指頭
	Qiqihar	指頭
	Harbin	手指, 手指頭, 指頭
	Jiamusi	手指, 手指頭, 指頭
	Baicheng	手指頭
	Changchun	手指頭
	Tonghua	手指頭
	Shenyang	手指, 手指頭, 指頭
	Jinzhou	手指, 手指頭, 指頭
	Singapore	手指
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	手指頭
	Tangshan	手指, 手指頭
	Cangzhou	手指頭
	Baoding	手指頭
	Shijiazhuang	指頭兒
	Lijin	手指頭
	Jinan	手指頭, 手指
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	手指頭
	Dandong	手指, 手指頭, 指頭
	Yantai	手指頭
	Yantai (Muping)	手指頭兒, 指頭
	Qingdao	手指頭
	Zhucheng	手指頭, 手拇指頭兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	指頭
	Lingbao	指頭
	Jining	手指頭
	Wanrong	手圪頭
	Linfen	指頭
	Shangqiu	手指頭, 指頭
	Yuanyang	手指, 指頭
	Zhengzhou	手指頭
	Xinyang	手指頭
	Baihe	手指頭, 指頭
	Xi'an	手指, 手指頭, 指頭
	Baoji	手指頭, 指頭
	Tianshui	手指頭
	Xining	手指頭
	Xuzhou	手指頭, 手指
	Fuyang	手指, 手指頭
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	指頭
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	手指頭, 指頭
	Lanzhou	手指頭, 指頭
	Dunhuang	手指頭
	Hami	指頭
	Ürümqi	手指頭
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	手指拇兒, 手指
	Nanchong	手指拇兒
	Dazhou	指拇兒
	Hanyuan	指頭子
	Xichang	手指, 手指頭, 指頭
	Zigong	指拇兒
	Chongqing	指拇兒
	Wuhan	指甲, 手指, 手指頭
	Yichang	手指頭, 指頭
	Xiangyang	手指頭, 指頭
	Tianmen	指頭, 指甲
	Guiyang	手指頭
	Zunyi	手指頭兒
	Bijie	手指頭
	Liping	指丫崽
	Zhaotong	手指頭
	Dali	手指頭
	Kunming	手指, 手指頭, 指頭
	Mengzi	手指頭, 指頭
	Guilin	指媽, 手指
	Liuzhou	手指頭, 手指, 指頭
	Jishou	手指頭兒
	Changde	手指
	Hanzhong	手指, 手指頭, 指頭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	手指抹頭, 手指頭
	Yangzhou	麻指, 手指頭, 指頭, 手指
	Lianyungang	手指頭
	Lianshui	手指頭
	Nantong	手爪兒, 手指頭, 手指末頭兒
	Anqing	手指頭
	Wuhu	手指頭, 手指拇頭子
	Hefei	手指頭, 末爪頭, 末爪頭子, 手爪子
	Huanggang	指丫兒
	Hong'an	指甲
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, 手指姆頭子, 手指丫
	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	手拇頭, 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
	Yangyuan	手指, 指頭
	Datong	手指頭兒, 指頭兒
	Xinzhou	指頭
	Lüliang (Lishi)	指頭兒
	Changzhi	手指頭
	Linhe	指頭子
	Jining	手指頭
	Hohhot	指頭, 指頭子
	Erenhot	手指頭, 指頭
	Pingshan	手指頭, 指頭
	Zhangjiakou	手指頭兒
	Handan	手指
	Linzhou	手指頭
	Suide	手指頭兒, 指頭兒
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
	Shantou	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, 手指頭
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	手指
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	手指
	Xianyou	手指, 掌頭指
	Xianyou (Fengting)	手指, 掌頭指
	Xianyou (Youyang)	手指, 掌頭指
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
	Hengyang	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)

Derived terms

• 手指公
• 手指字母
• 手指尾
• 手指拗入唔拗出
• 手指拗出唔拗入
• 手指甲
• 手指罅
• 手指腡 / 手指脶
• 手指陀螺 (shǒuzhǐ tuóluó)
• 手指頭 / 手指头
• 手指頭肚兒 / 手指头肚儿
• 指甲

Pronunciation 2

		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
alternative forms		手只 手子

• Eastern Min (BUC): chiū-cī
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ciu⁵ zai³
• Southern Min

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

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ciu² zi²

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): qiu² ji²

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chiū-cī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰieu³³⁻³⁵ ^(t͡s-)ʒi³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Jiangkou, Nanri)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ciu⁵ zai³ [Phonetic: ciu⁵ lai³]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: chiū-câi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiu¹¹ ^(t͡s-)lai⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ciu⁵ zai³ [Phonetic: ciu⁵ lai³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiu²¹ ^(t͡s-)lai³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Singapore, Penang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-chí
    • Tâi-lô: tshiú-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiwcie
    • IPA (Penang): /t͡sʰiu⁴⁴⁵⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁴⁴⁵/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁴¹/
    • 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/
  • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: qiu² ji²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰiu³¹⁻⁵⁵ t͡si³¹/

Noun

手指

1. (Coastal Min) finger ring; ring (Classifier: 奇 mn; 個／个 mn-t; 隻／只 mn-t)

   掛手指／挂手指 [Taiwanese Hokkien]  ―  kòa chhiú-chí [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to wear a ring

   • 1994, “心愛的甭哭”, in 王月娛 (lyrics), 徐嘉良 (music), 歡喜就好, performed by 陳雷 [Chen Lei]:

     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.]

     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, 戒指兒, 鎦子, 嘎子
	Taiwan	戒指
	Chengde	戒指
	Chifeng	戒指
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	戒指, 手溜兒
	Heihe	戒指
	Qiqihar	戒指兒
	Harbin	手箍子, 戒指兒, 戒指, 戒子兒
	Jiamusi	戒指, 戒子
	Baicheng	戒指
	Tonghua	戒指
	Shenyang	戒指
	Jinzhou	戒指, 鎦子
	Singapore	戒指
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	戒子, 嘎子, 鎦子
	Tangshan	戒指兒
	Cangzhou	戒指
	Baoding	戒指兒, 鎦子
	Shijiazhuang	戒指
	Lijin	戒指兒
	Jinan	戒指, 戒鎦子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	般子
	Dandong	戒指, 手鎦子, 鎦子
	Yantai	般子
	Yantai (Muping)	般子, 手般子
	Qingdao	戒指兒
	Zhucheng	戒指, 戒指子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	戒指兒, 箍兒
	Lingbao	戒指, 鎦子
	Wanrong	戒圈子
	Shangqiu	戒指, 戒子
	Yuanyang	戒指
	Zhengzhou	戒指兒
	Xinyang	戒指, 手箍兒
	Baihe	戒指, 箍子
	Xi'an	戒指
	Baoji	戒指
	Tianshui	戒指
	Xining	戒指兒
	Xuzhou	戒箍子, 箍子, 戒鎦子, 鎦子, 戒指
	Fuyang	戒指, 手箍子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	戒指子, 戒指兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	戒指
	Lanzhou	戒指, 戒指子, 手箍子
	Dunhuang	戒指, 手戒指
	Hami	戒指
	Ürümqi	戒指, 戒箍子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	箍子, 手箍子, 戒指
	Chengdu (Xindu)	箍子
	Chengdu (Pidu)	箍子
	Chengdu (Wenjiang)	箍子
	Chengdu (Shuangliu)	箍子
	Chengdu (Xinjin)	箍子
	Jintang	箍子
	Pengzhou	箍子
	Dujiangyan	箍子
	Chongzhou	箍子
	Dayi	箍子
	Pujiang	箍子, 箍箍
	Qionglai	箍子
	Nanchong	戒指
	Dazhou	戒指
	Hanyuan	箍子
	Xichang	手箍兒, 手箍子
	Zigong	戒指兒
	Wuhan	戒指, 箍子, 幹子
	Xiangyang	戒指
	Tianmen	手箍子, 箍子
	Guiyang	戒指
	Zunyi	戒指
	Bijie	戒指
	Liping	戒指
	Zhaotong	戒箍
	Dali	戒指
	Kunming	戒指, 戒箍
	Mengzi	戒指
	Guilin	戒指
	Liuzhou	戒指
	Jishou	戒指, 箍子
	Changde	箍子
	Hanzhong	戒指
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	戒指, 手箍
	Yangzhou	戒指, 戒指子, 指戒箍
	Lianyungang	戒指, 戒箍子
	Lianshui	戒指
	Nantong	戒指兒
	Anqing	戒指, 戒箍兒
	Wuhu	戒指子, 戒箍子
	Hefei	戒指
	Hong'an	戒指
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
	Pengze	戒指
	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
	Shexian	戒指
Jin	Taiyuan	戒指, 鎦子
	Yangyuan	戒指
	Datong	戒指兒, 忍耐兒
	Xinzhou	戒指子, 戒鎦子, 鎦子
	Lüliang (Lishi)	戒指兒
	Changzhi	戒指兒, 圈子
	Linhe	戒指
	Jining	戒指
	Hohhot	戒指
	Erenhot	戒指
	Pingshan	戒指兒
	Zhangjiakou	戒指
	Handan	戒指, 手鎦子
	Linzhou	戒指兒
	Suide	戒指
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
	Hengyang	手箍子
	Quanzhou	戒指

Further reading

• “手指”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “1076 手指”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 397.
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “1304 戒指”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 419.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
手	指
しゅ Grade: 1	し Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕɨɕi]

Noun

手(しゅ)指(し) • (shushi) 

1. (often in compounds) finger; hand

   手(しゅ)指(し)衛(えい)生(せい)

   shushi eisei

   manual hygiene; hand washing

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
手	指
て Grade: 1	ゆび Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Of 手(て) (te, “hand; arm”) + 指(ゆび) (yubi, “digit”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [te̞jɯ̟bʲi]

Noun

手(て)指(ゆび) • (teyubi) 

1. finger

   Synonym: 指 (yubi, “finger; digit”)

   Antonym: 足指 (ashiyubi, “toe”)