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 中间 中間 zhōng jiān the middle / the inside / in the middle / within / between / among / during / in the meantime syn 戒指 jiè zhi (finger) ring syn 手指 shǒu zhǐ finger / CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1] 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 正中 zhèng zhōng middle / center / right in the middle or center / nub 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 指环 指環 zhǐ huán (finger) ring syn 食指 shí zhǐ index finger / (literary) mouths to feed 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 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 中游 zhōng yóu the middle stretches of a river / middle level / middle echelon / midstream syn 指法 zhǐ fǎ (music) fingering / (TCM) manipulation of acupuncture needles / (keyboard) typing technique / (dance) hand movements / (painting) finger method 小拇指 xiǎo mǔ zhǐ little finger / pinkie syn 中古 zhōng gǔ medieval / Middle Ages / Chinese middle antiquity, 3rd to 9th centuries, including Sui and Tang Dynasties / Middle (of a language, e.g. Middle English) / used / second-hand 指印 zhǐ yìn fingerprint / finger mark / thumbprint syn 中班 zhōng bān middle shift / swing shift / early night shift / middle class in kindergarten (4-5 year olds) 中段 zhōng duàn middle section / middle period / middle area / mid- syn 拦腰 攔腰 lán yāo (hitting) squarely in the middle / (slicing) across the middle / to hold by the waist syn 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 二指 èr zhǐ index finger 贫下中农 貧下中農 pín xià zhōng nóng (category defined by the Communist Party) poor and lower-middle peasants: farmers who, before land reform, possessed little or no land (poor peasants) and those who were barely able to support themselves with their own land (lower-middle peasants) 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 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 揿 撳 qìn to press (with one's hand or finger) syn 中 zhōng within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right syn 当中 當中 dāng zhōng among / in the middle / in the center syn 中央 zhōng yāng central / middle / center / central authorities (of a state) syn 半夜 bàn yè midnight / in the middle of the night syn 中学 中學 zhōng xué middle school syn 中校 zhōng xiào middle ranking officer in Chinese army / lieutenant colonel / commander 米歇尔 米歇爾 mǐ xiē ěr Michel or Mitchell (name) / George Mitchell (1933-), US Democratic party politician and diplomat, influential in brokering Northern Ireland peace deal in 1990s, US Middle East special envoy from 2009 中部 zhōng bù middle part / central section / central region syn 中年 zhōng nián middle age syn 中东 中東 zhōng dōng Middle East 中世纪 中世紀 zhōng shì jì medieval / Middle Ages 中场 中場 zhōng chǎng middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times) / midfield / mid-court (in sports) / half-time / intermission half-way through a performance 中产阶级 中產階級 zhōng chǎn jiē jí middle class 中期 zhōng qī middle (of a period of time) / medium-term (plan, forecast etc) syn 中学生 中學生 zhōng xué shēng middle-school student / high school student 间歇 間歇 jiàn xiē to stop in the middle of sth / intermittent / intermittence syn 油腻 油膩 yóu nì greasy food / oily food / (of food) greasy / oily / fatty / (neologism c. 2017) (of a middle-aged man) obnoxious / pretentious / vulgar syn 中层 中層 zhōng céng middle-ranking 天庭 tiān tíng middle of the forehead / imperial court / heaven syn 折中 zhé zhōng to compromise / to take the middle road / a trade-off / eclectic syn 中旬 zhōng xún middle third of a month 三军 三軍 sān jūn (in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force syn 中级 中級 zhōng jí middle level (in a hierarchy) syn 初一 chū yī first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school syn 当道 當道 dāng dào in the middle of the road / to be in the way / to hold power / (fig.) to predominate / to be in vogue syn 耳膜 ěr mó eardrum / tympanum (of the middle ear) / tympanic membrane 居中 jū zhōng to be between two parties (as in mediation) / to be in the middle / to be in between / (page layout) to be centered syn 中原 zhōng yuán Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei syn 初三 chū sān third year in junior middle school 中叶 中葉 zhōng yè mid- (e.g. mid-century) / middle period syn 耳鼓 ěr gǔ eardrum / tympanum (of the middle ear) / tympanic membrane syn 初二 chū èr 2nd year in junior middle school / 2nd day of a lunar month / 2nd day of lunar New Year 老生 lǎo shēng venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera) syn 四声 四聲 sì shēng the four tones of Middle Chinese: level tone 平聲|平声, rising tone 上聲|上声, departing tone 去聲|去声 and entering tone 入聲|入声 / the four tones of Modern Standard Mandarin syn 中耳 zhōng ěr middle ear syn 铜钱 銅錢 tóng qián copper coin (round with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China) syn 中老年 zhōng lǎo nián middle and old age syn 中耳炎 zhōng ěr yán inflammation of middle ear / otitis media 中长跑 中長跑 zhōng cháng pǎo middle distance race 正当中 正當中 zhèng dāng zhōng dead center / the very middle syn 中盘 中盤 zhōng pán middle game (in go or chess) / (share trading) mid-session / (abbr. for 中盤商|中盘商[zhong1 pan2 shang1]) distributor / wholesaler / middleman 初级中学 初級中學 chū jí zhōng xué junior high school / junior middle school syn 二手房 èr shǒu fáng second-hand house / house acquired indirectly through a middle-man 附中 fù zhōng attached (or affiliated) secondary (or middle) school / abbr. for 附屬中學|附属中学[fu4 shu3 zhong1 xue2] syn 年中 nián zhōng within the year / in the middle of the year / mid-year 当街 當街 dāng jiē in the middle of the street / facing the street 中青年 zhōng qīng nián middle-aged 中产 中產 zhōng chǎn middle class / bourgeois 中等教育 zhōng děng jiào yù secondary education / middle school education 中等专业学校 中等專業學校 zhōng děng zhuān yè xué xiào specialized middle school 花鼓 huā gǔ flower drum, a type of double-skinned Chinese drum / folk dance popular in provinces around the middle reaches of the Yangtze / (bicycle wheel) hub 巫峡 巫峽 wū xiá Wuxia Gorge on the Changjiang or Yangtze, the middle of the Three Gorges 三峽|三峡[San1 Xia2] 偏安 piān ān content to hold a small part of the territory / fig. forced to relinquish the middle ground / forced to move away 入声 入聲 rù shēng entering tone / checked tone / one of the four tones of Middle Chinese 舌音 shé yīn coronal consonants of Middle Chinese 半老徐娘 bàn lǎo xú niáng middle-aged but still attractive woman / lady of a certain age 腰 yāo the waist and lower back / (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food) / the waist of trousers or a skirt / (metonym) money pouch / pocket / (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc) syn 维拉 維拉 wéi lā Vala (Middle-earth) 仲 zhòng second month of a season / middle / intermediate / second amongst brothers syn 空肠 空腸 kōng cháng jejunum (empty gut, middle segment of small intestine between duodenum 十二指腸|十二指肠[shi2 er4 zhi3 chang2] and ileum 回腸|回肠[hui2 chang2]) 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 中间派 中間派 zhōng jiān pài moderate faction / party of compromise / middle ground 砧骨 zhēn gǔ incus or anvil bone of middle ear, passing sound vibration from malleus hammer bone to stapes stirrup bone 褡裢 褡褳 dā lian cloth pouch open in the middle, forming two bags / jacket worn for Chinese wrestling syn 中老年人 zhōng lǎo nián rén middle-aged and elderly people syn 月中 yuè zhōng the middle of the month / (Tw) (coll.) postpartum care center (abbr. for 月子中心[yue4zi5 zhong1xin1]) syn 听骨 聽骨 tīng gǔ ossicles (in the middle ear) / also written 聽小骨|听小骨 