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 手指 shǒu zhǐ finger / CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1] syn 圈子 quān zi circle / ring / (social) circle syn 铃声 鈴聲 líng shēng ring / ringtone / bell stroke / tintinnabulation 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 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 手指头 手指頭 shǒu zhǐ tou fingertip / finger syn 指头 指頭 zhǐ tou finger / toe / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 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 光环 光環 guāng huán ring of light / halo / (fig.) glory / splendor 食指 shí zhǐ index finger / (literary) mouths to feed syn 钻戒 鑽戒 zuàn jiè diamond ring / CL:隻|只[zhi1] syn 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 中指 zhōng zhǐ middle finger syn 易拉罐 yì lā guàn pull-top can / easy-open can (with ring-pull) 镶嵌 鑲嵌 xiāng qiàn to inlay / to embed / to set (e.g. a jewel in a ring) / tiling / tesselation syn 环形 環形 huán xíng ring-shaped / (math.) annulus 擂台 擂臺 lèi tái elevated stage on which martial competitions or duels were held / arena / ring 无名指 無名指 wú míng zhǐ ring finger 小指 xiǎo zhǐ little finger syn 猜拳 cāi quán finger-guessing game / rock-paper-scissors game / morra syn 指法 zhǐ fǎ (music) fingering / (TCM) manipulation of acupuncture needles / (keyboard) typing technique / (dance) hand movements / (painting) finger method 环状 環狀 huán zhuàng annular / toroidal / loop-shaped / ring-like 小拇指 xiǎo mǔ zhǐ little finger / pinkie syn 环路 環路 huán lù ring road / closed circuit / loop 年轮 年輪 nián lún annual ring / growth ring 门环 門環 mén huán door knocker (in the shape of a ring) syn 环城 環城 huán chéng encircling the city (of walls, ring road etc) / around the city 指印 zhǐ yìn fingerprint / finger mark / thumbprint syn 环线 環線 huán xiàn ring road / circle line (e.g. rail or subway) 铁环 鐵環 tiě huán an iron ring 圆环 圓環 yuán huán ring (any circular object) / (math.) annulus / (Tw) traffic circle / rotary 兰花指 蘭花指 lán huā zhǐ hand gesture in traditional dances (joined thumb and middle finger, the rest extended) syn 划拳 huá quán finger-guessing game 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) 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 烟圈 煙圈 yān quān smoke ring 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) 二指 èr zhǐ index finger 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 套圈 tào quān ferrule / ring toss 胶圈 膠圈 jiāo quān rubber ring / gasket 轮 輪 lún wheel / disk / ring / steamship / to take turns / to rotate / classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn syn 圈 quān circle / ring / loop (CL:個|个[ge4]) / classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc / to surround / to circle syn 响 響 xiǎng echo / sound / noise / to make a sound / to sound / to ring / loud / classifier for noises syn 晕 暈 yùn dizzy / halo / ring around moon or sun 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 环 環 huán ring / hoop / loop / (chain) link / classifier for scores in archery etc / to surround / to encircle / to hem in syn 指指点点 指指點點 zhǐ zhǐ diǎn diǎn to gesticulate / to point out / to point the finger of blame 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 豁 huá to play Chinese finger-guessing game syn 苯环 苯環 běn huán benzene ring (chemistry) 颠来倒去 顛來倒去 diān lái dǎo qù to harp on / over and over / merely ring changes on a few terms syn 令牌环 令牌環 lìng pái huán token ring 芳香烃 芳香烴 fāng xiāng tīng aromatic hydrocarbon (i.e. involving benzene ring) 六环路 六環路 liù huán lù Sixth ring road (Beijing), opened in 2008 月晕 月暈 yuè yùn ring around the moon / lunar halo 拳击台 拳擊臺 quán jī tái boxing ring 揿 撳 qìn to press (with one's hand or finger) syn 璩 qú (jade ring) 瑗 yuàn large jade ring 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 镮 鐶 huán (ancient weight) / metal ring 觼 jué buckle / clasp / ring 锳 鍈 yīng (onom.) ring / tinkle 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 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 怀璧其罪 懷璧其罪 huái bì qí zuì lit. treasuring a jade ring becomes a crime (idiom) / to get into trouble on account of a cherished item / fig. A person's talent will arouse the envy of others. 箍子 gū zi finger ring (dialect) 镏子 鎦子 liù zi (dialect) finger ring syn 镏 鎦 liù (bound form) finger ring / Taiwan pr. [liu2] 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) 拇战 拇戰 mǔ zhàn finger-guessing game 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) 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 