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"fingers" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
抱头 抱頭 bào tóu to put one's hands behind one's head, fingers interlaced / to hold one's head in one's hands (in dismay, fright etc) / to cover one's head with one's hands (for protection)
春笋 春筍 chūn sǔn springtime bamboo shoots / fig. (of woman's fingers) tender and delicate syn
甲 jiǎ n. first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° syn
捏 揑 niē v. to hold between the thumb and fingers / to pinch / to mold (using the fingers) / to hold (lit. in one's hand and fig.) / to join together / to fabricate (a story, a report, etc) syn
搓 cuō v. to rub or roll between the hands or fingers / to twist syn
指纹 指紋 zhǐ wén n. fingerprint / the arches, loops and whorls on the fingers syn
五指 wǔ zhǐ the five fingers of one's hand
弹指 彈指 tán zhǐ to snap one's fingers / (fig.) in a flash / in an instant
寥寥无几 寥寥無幾 liáo liáo wú jǐ just a very few (idiom) / tiny number / not many at all / You count them on your fingers. syn
屈指可数 屈指可數 qū zhǐ kě shǔ can be counted on one's fingers (idiom) / very few syn
劈开 劈開 pī kāi to cleave / to split open / to spread open (fingers, legs) syn
古琴 gǔ qín guqin or qin, a long zither with seven strings, plucked with the fingers syn
屈指 qū zhǐ to count on one's fingers
吃苦头 吃苦頭 chī kǔ tou to suffer / to suffer for one's actions / to pay dearly / to burn one's fingers syn
玩火自焚 wán huǒ zì fén to play with fire and get burnt (idiom) / fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences / to get one's fingers burnt syn
掐算 qiā suàn to count with one's fingers / on the spot calculation syn
惹火烧身 惹火燒身 rě huǒ shāo shēn stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom) / to get one's fingers burnt / fig. to suffer on account of one's own meddling syn
屈指一算 qū zhǐ yī suàn to count on one's fingers
掩 yǎn to cover up / to conceal / to close (a door, book etc) / (coll.) to get (one's fingers etc) caught when closing a door or lid / (literary) to launch a surprise attack syn
捻 niǎn to twirl (in the fingers) syn
拈 nián to nip / to grasp with fingers / to draw lots syn
拈 niān to nip / to grasp with the fingers / to fiddle with / Taiwan pr. [nian2] syn
捋 lǚ to smooth or arrange sth using one's fingers / to stroke syn
唿 hū to whistle (with fingers in one's mouth) / (onom.) for the sound of the wind
揸 zhā to stretch fingers out
一弹指顷 一彈指頃 yī tán zhǐ qǐng a snap of the fingers (idiom) / in a flash / in the twinkling of an eye
寥寥可数 寥寥可數 liáo liáo kě shǔ just a very few (idiom) / tiny number / just a handful / not many at all / You count them on your fingers. syn
胼手胝足 pián shǒu zhī zú lit. with calluses on hands and feet (idiom) / fig. to work one's fingers to the bone
黄秋葵 黃秋葵 huáng qiū kuí okra (Hibiscus esculentus) / lady's fingers
唿哨 hū shào to whistle (with fingers in one's mouth) / nowadays written 呼哨
大吃苦头 大吃苦頭 dà chī kǔ tou to suffer / to suffer for one's actions / to pay dearly / to burn one's fingers
忽哨 hū shào to whistle (with fingers in one's mouth) / nowadays written 呼哨
拈指 niān zhǐ a snap of the fingers / a short moment / in a flash / in the twinkling of an eye
拉勾儿 拉勾兒 lā gòu r to cross little fingers (between children) as a promise
揾 搵 wèn (literary) to wipe away (tears) / to press with one's fingers / to soak
横眉冷对，千夫指 橫眉冷對，千夫指 héng méi lěng duì , qiān fū zhǐ to face a thousand fingers with a cool scowl (modern idiom) / to treat with disdain / to defy
短指 duǎn zhǐ brachydactylism (genetic abnormality of short or missing fingers)
秋葵荚 秋葵莢 qiū kuí jiá okra (Hibiscus esculentus) / lady's fingers
防夹 防夾 fáng jiā antipinch (e.g. preventing catching fingers in automatic car windows)
羊角豆 yáng jiǎo dòu okra (Hibiscus esculentus) / lady's fingers
手抓羊肉 shǒu zhuā yáng ròu hand-held mutton (mutton pieces on the bone, eaten with the fingers)
拶刑 zǎn xíng squeezing the fingers between sticks (old form of torture)
拶子 zǎn zi sticks used for squeezing the fingers (old form of torture)
拶指 zǎn zhǐ to squeeze the fingers (old form of torture)
横眉冷对千夫指 橫眉冷對千夫指 héng méi lěng duì qiān fū zhǐ to face a thousand pointing fingers with a cool scowl (citation from Lu Xun) / to treat with disdain / to defy
煮熟的鸭子飞了 煮熟的鴨子飛了 zhǔ shú de yā zi fēi le the cooked duck flew away (proverb) / (fig.) to let a sure thing slip through one's fingers
并拢 併攏 bìng lǒng to draw together / to place side by side (e.g. one's fingers, two halves of a torn sheet of paper etc) syn
屈指可数 屈指可數 qū zhǐ - kě shǔ lit. can be counted on one's fingers (idiom) / fig. very few syn
指不胜屈 指不勝屈 zhǐ bù shèng qū (idiom) There are so many that they cannot be counted on one's fingers. It describes a very large number.
一弹指间 一彈指間 yī tán zhǐ jiān (idiom) An extremely brief period of time. The expression comes from Buddhist terminology, in which the time needed to snap one’s fingers represents a fleeting instant.
十指不沾泥 shí zhǐ bù zhān ní (idiom) To have ten clean fingers, meaning never to have done farm work.
十指如椎 shí zhǐ rú chuí (idiom) Describes fingers that are thick, clumsy, and lacking delicacy.
十指有长短 十指有長短 shí zhǐ yǒu cháng duǎn (idiom) The ten fingers are not all the same length. The expression can also mean that children from the same family differ from one another.
堕指裂肤 墮指裂膚 duò zhǐ liè fū (idiom) The fingers freeze off and the skin cracks from the cold. It describes extremely cold weather.
屈指而数 屈指而數 qū zhǐ ér shǔ (idiom) Describes a very small number, small enough to count on one’s fingers.
折胶堕指 zhé jiāo duò zhǐ (idiom) To describe extremely severe cold, cold enough to make glue split and fingers fall off.
指不胜偻 指不勝僂 zhǐ bù shèng lǚ (idiom) To be so numerous that they cannot be counted on one’s fingers / to be very numerous.
舟中之指可掬 zhōu zhōng zhī zhǐ kě jū (idiom) The severed fingers in the boat can be scooped up by the handful. It describes the gruesome scene left by a military defeat.
行令猜拳 xíng lìng cāi quán (idiom) To drink while playing finger-guessing games, a traditional drinking game in which participants guess the number of fingers shown.
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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