箍子 gū zi finger ring (dialect) 挼 ruá (dialect) (of paper or cloth) wrinkled / crumpled / (dialect) (of clothes) worn out / (dialect) (of a fire's intensity, one's physical condition etc) weak / feeble / (dialect) (of skill) poor / inferior 染指 rǎn zhǐ to dip a finger (idiom) / fig. to get one's finger in the pie / to get a share of the action / abbr. for 染指於鼎|染指于鼎 染指于鼎 染指於鼎 rǎn zhǐ yú dǐng lit. dip one's finger in the tripod (idiom) / fig. to get one's finger in the pie / to get a share of the action 戒指 jiè zhi (finger) ring syn 无名指 無名指 wú míng zhǐ ring finger 指环 指環 zhǐ huán (finger) ring syn 戒 jiè to guard against / to exhort / to admonish or warn / to give up or stop doing sth / Buddhist monastic discipline / ring (for a finger) syn 戒子 jiè zi (finger) ring 镏 鎦 liù (bound form) finger ring / Taiwan pr. [liu2] 年轮 年輪 nián lún annual ring / growth ring 汇流环 匯流環 huì liú huán slip-ring / rotary electrical interface / collector ring 脂环烃 脂環烴 zhī huán tīng alicyclic hydrocarbon (i.e. involving ring other than benzene ring) 芳香环 芳香環 fāng xiāng huán benzene ring (chemistry) / aromatic ring 苯并噻吩 苯並噻吩 běn bìng sāi fēn benzothiophene C8H9, a heterocyclic compound (with one benzene ring and one cyclopentene ring) 滑环 滑環 huá huán slip ring / collector ring (electrical engineering) 扳指 bān zhǐ ornamental thumb ring (originally a ring, often made from jade, worn by archers in ancient times to protect the right thumb when drawing a bowstring) 溜 liù swift current / rapids / (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled / proficient / (of movements) quick / speedy / (bound form) rain runoff from a roof / (bound form) roof gutter / classifier for rows, lines etc / surroundings / neighborhood / (dialect) to practice / (dialect) to plaster / to fill in the cracks (with cement, lime plaster etc) syn 咱们 咱們 zán men we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to) / (dialect) I or me / (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you / also pr. [za2 men5] syn 风光 風光 fēng guāng scene / view / sight / landscape / to be well-regarded / to be well-off / grand (dialect) / impressive (dialect) syn 黄牛 黃牛 huáng niú ox / cattle / scalper of tickets etc / (dialect) to fail to show up / (dialect) to break a promise syn 大 dà big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) syn 拿捏 ná niē (lit. and fig.) to grasp / to control / (dialect) affecting shyness / coy / (dialect) to deliberately create difficulties / to threaten 着 著 zhāo a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]) / trick / tactic / (dialect) okay / all right / (dialect) to put in / to add syn 种花 種花 zhòng huā to grow flowers / (dialect) to vaccinate / (dialect) to grow cotton syn 咧咧 liē liē (dialect) to cry / to whimper / (dialect) to talk drivel 兴 興 xīng to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect) syn 砻 礱 lóng (dialect) tool used to hull rice (similar to a grain mill) / (dialect) to hull rice using this tool syn 㞎 bǎ (dialect) poo / (dialect) to shit 启海话 啟海話 qǐ hǎi huà Qihai dialect, a Wu dialect spoken in Tongzhou, Haimen, and Qidong districts in southern Jiangsu province, and on Chongming Island in Shanghai 媳妇 媳婦 xí fu (dialect) wife / (dialect) young married woman syn 拧巴 擰巴 nǐng ba (dialect) awkward / uncomfortable / (dialect) obstinate / contrary / argumentative 磕碜 磕磣 kē chen (dialect) ugly / unsightly / shabby / (dialect) to humiliate / to ridicule 馃子 餜子 guǒ zi (dialect) pastry / (dialect) youtiao / deep-fried cruller 齁甜 hōu tián (dialect) (of food) excessively sweet / cloying / (dialect) (of words, affection etc) sickenly sweet / overly sentimental 巴适 巴適 bā shì (Sichuan dialect) comfortable / suitable / excellent / really good / (Sichuan dialect) to be close to (sb) / to curry favor with 手指 shǒu zhǐ finger / CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1] syn 食指 shí zhǐ index finger / (literary) mouths to feed syn 中指 zhōng zhǐ middle finger syn 指头 指頭 zhǐ tou finger / toe / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 手指头 手指頭 shǒu zhǐ tou fingertip / finger syn 小指 xiǎo zhǐ little finger syn 袖手旁观 袖手旁觀 xiù shǒu páng guān to watch with folded arms (idiom) / to look on without lifting a finger syn 指法 zhǐ fǎ (music) fingering / (TCM) manipulation of acupuncture needles / (keyboard) typing technique / (dance) hand movements / (painting) finger method 猜拳 cāi quán finger-guessing game / rock-paper-scissors game / morra syn 二指 èr zhǐ index finger 指印 zhǐ yìn fingerprint / finger mark / thumbprint syn 划拳 huá quán finger-guessing game syn 小拇指 xiǎo mǔ zhǐ little finger / pinkie syn 指 zhǐ finger / to point at or to / to indicate or refer to / to depend on / to count on / (of hair) to stand on end syn 兰花指 蘭花指 lán huā zhǐ hand gesture in traditional dances (joined thumb and middle finger, the rest extended) syn 豁 huá to play Chinese finger-guessing game syn 抠 摳 kōu to dig / to pick / to scratch (with a finger or sth pointed) / to carve / to cut / to study meticulously / stingy / miserly / to lift up (esp. the hem of a robe) syn 摁 èn to press (with one's finger or hand) syn 揿 撳 qìn to press (with one's hand or finger) syn 染指垂涎 rǎn zhǐ chuí xián lit. dirty finger, mouth watering (idiom) / fig. greedy to seize sth 如臂使指 rú bì shǐ zhǐ as the arm moves the finger (idiom) / freely and effortlessly / to have perfect command of syn 拇战 拇戰 mǔ zhàn finger-guessing game 指指点点 指指點點 zhǐ zhǐ diǎn diǎn to gesticulate / to point out / to point the finger of blame syn 轮指 輪指 lún zhǐ circular finger movement (in playing plucked instrument) / strumming 比中指 bǐ zhōng zhǐ to give the middle finger 示指 shì zhǐ index finger 堆积指状浮冰 堆積指狀浮冰 duī jī zhǐ zhuàng fú bīng finger rafting 事业线 事業線 shì yè xiàn (palmistry) fate line / career prospects line (running vertically up the palm to the base of the middle finger) / (slang) cleavage 乌龙指 烏龍指 wū lóng zhǐ fat finger error (finance) 跟手 gēn shǒu (coll.) while doing it / on the way through / (coll.) immediately / at once / (of a touch screen) responsive to the user's finger movements syn 坐享 zuò xiǎng to enjoy (the benefit of sth) without lifting a finger / to sit back and enjoy (favorable circumstances) 二拇指 èr mu zhǐ index finger syn 躺赢 躺贏 tǎng yíng to win without needing to even lift a finger / victory presented on a platter 无利不起早 無利不起早 wú lì bù qǐ zǎo (saying) people don't get up early unless there is some benefit in doing so / won't lift a finger unless there's something in it for oneself 动毫毛 動毫毛 dòng háo máo to lay a finger on sb / to harm sb in the slightest way 指奸 指姦 zhǐ jiān to finger-rape / digital rape 竖中指 豎中指 shù zhōng zhǐ to give the middle finger 铃声 鈴聲 líng shēng ring / ringtone / bell stroke / tintinnabulation 响起 響起 xiǎng qǐ (of a sound) to come forth / (of a sound source) to ring out / to sound / to go off syn 上线 上線 shàng xiàn to go online / to put sth online / to reach a specific standard / to put into production / handler (person who oversees and directs the activities of another person in a gang, spy ring etc) 圈子 quān zi circle / ring / (social) circle syn 光环 光環 guāng huán ring of light / halo / (fig.) glory / splendor 镶嵌 鑲嵌 xiāng qiàn to inlay / to embed / to set (e.g. a jewel in a ring) / tiling / tesselation syn 听来 聽來 tīng lái to sound (old, foreign, exciting, right etc) / to ring (true) / to sound as if (i.e. to give the listener an impression) / to hear from somewhere 擂台 擂臺 lèi tái elevated stage on which martial competitions or duels were held / arena / ring 出马 出馬 chū mǎ to set out (on a campaign) / to stand for election / to throw one's cap in the ring syn 钻戒 鑽戒 zuàn jiè diamond ring / CL:隻|只[zhi1] syn 环城 環城 huán chéng encircling the city (of walls, ring road etc) / around the city 环形 環形 huán xíng ring-shaped / (math.) annulus 环线 環線 huán xiàn ring road / circle line (e.g. rail or subway) 环路 環路 huán lù ring road / closed circuit / loop 易拉罐 yì lā guàn pull-top can / easy-open can (with ring-pull) 圆环 圓環 yuán huán ring (any circular object) / (math.) annulus / (Tw) traffic circle / rotary 烟圈 煙圈 yān quān smoke ring 环状 環狀 huán zhuàng annular / toroidal / loop-shaped / ring-like 电话铃声 電話鈴聲 diàn huà líng shēng (telephone) ring / ringing 打爆 dǎ bào to blow out / to blow off / (computer games) to zap / (phone) to ring off the hook / to be jammed / to max out (credit card etc) 外环线 外環線 wài huán xiàn outer ring (road or rail line) 铁环 鐵環 tiě huán an iron ring 角斗场 角鬥場 jué dòu chǎng wrestling ring 篮圈 籃圈 lán quān (basketball) hoop / ring 环形山 環形山 huán xíng shān crater / ring-shaped mountain 扣环 釦環 kòu huán circlip / C-clip / snap ring / Jesus clip / brooch 