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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *指* | 指* | *指
finger / to point at or to / to indicate or refer to / to depend on / to count on / (of hair) to stand on end
HSK 3
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *戒* | 戒* | *戒
to guard against / to exhort / to admonish or warn / to give up or stop doing sth / Buddhist monastic discipline / ring (for a finger)
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *甲* | 甲* | *甲
first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / (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 system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
HSK 5
finger / toe / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
(finger) ring
HSK 7-9
middle finger
to snap one's fingers / (fig.) in a flash; in an instant
to cleave / to split open / to spread open (fingers, legs)
fingertip / finger
to draw together / to place side by side (e.g. one's fingers, two halves of a torn sheet of paper etc)
the five fingers of one's hand
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抠* | 抠* | *抠
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)
HSK 7-9
guqin or qin, a long zither with seven strings, plucked with the fingers
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *捏* | 捏* | *捏
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)
HSK 7-9
finger-guessing game
lit. with calluses on hands and feet (idiom) / fig. to work one's fingers to the bone
to count on one's fingers
to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger
HSK 7-9
to count on one's fingers
a snap of the fingers / a short moment / in a flash / in the twinkling of an eye
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *搓* | 搓* | *搓
to rub or roll between the hands or fingers / to twist
HSK 7-9
little finger
finger-guessing game / rock-paper-scissors game / morra
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *捻* | 捻* | *捻
to twirl (in the fingers)
to face a thousand pointing fingers with a cool scowl (citation from Lu Xun) / to treat with disdain / to defy
index finger
to count with one's fingers / on the spot calculation
fat finger error (finance)
ring finger
antipinch (e.g. preventing catching fingers in automatic car windows)
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
to enjoy (the benefit of sth) without lifting a finger; to sit back and enjoy (favorable circumstances)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拈* | 拈* | *拈
to nip / to grasp with the fingers / to fiddle with / Taiwan pr. [nian2]
(music) fingering / (TCM) manipulation of acupuncture needles / (keyboard) typing technique / (dance) hand movements / (painting) finger method
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)
fingerprint / the arches, loops and whorls on the fingers
(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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *豁* | 豁* | *豁
to play Chinese finger-guessing game
thieving / light-fingered / prone to stealing
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *捋* | 捋* | *捋
to smooth or arrange sth using one's fingers / to stroke
finger pad
(palmistry) fate line; career prospects line (running vertically up the palm to the base of the middle finger) / (slang) cleavage
index finger / (literary) mouths to feed
lit. can be counted on one's fingers (idiom) / fig. very few
(finger) ring
to gesticulate / to point out / to point the finger of blame
brachydactylism (genetic abnormality of short or missing fingers)
(finger) ring
hand-held mutton (mutton pieces on the bone, eaten with the fingers)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *揿* | 揿* | *揿
to press (with one's hand or finger)
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
to win without needing to even lift a finger / victory presented on a platter
to squeeze the fingers (old form of torture)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *揸* | 揸* | *揸
to stretch fingers out
fingerprint / finger mark / thumbprint
finger segment / knuckle
springtime bamboo shoots / fig. (of woman's fingers) tender and delicate
little finger / pinkie
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
to play with fire and get burnt (idiom); fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences / to get one's fingers burnt
circular finger movement (in playing plucked instrument) / strumming
okra (Hibiscus esculentus) / lady's fingers
to lay a finger on sb; to harm sb in the slightest way
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *摁* | 摁* | *摁
to press (with one's finger or hand)
lit. dirty finger, mouth watering (idiom); fig. greedy to seize sth
squeezing the fingers between sticks (old form of torture)
a snap of the fingers (idiom); in a flash / in the twinkling of an eye
index finger
as the arm moves the finger (idiom) / freely and effortlessly / to have perfect command of
to give the middle finger
to finger-rape; digital rape
the cooked duck flew away (proverb) / (fig.) to let a sure thing slip through one's fingers
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *揾* | 揾* | *揾
(literary) to wipe away (tears) / to press with one's fingers / to soak
(dialect) finger ring
to whistle (with fingers in one's mouth) / nowadays written 呼哨
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *掩* | 掩* | *掩
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
to give the middle finger
petty thief (lit. quick fingered and vanish) / empty-handed / having nothing
index finger
hand gesture in traditional dances (joined thumb and middle finger, the rest extended)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *唿* | 唿* | *唿
to whistle (with fingers in one's mouth) / (onom.) for the sound of the wind
sticks used for squeezing the fingers (old form of torture)
to suffer / to suffer for one's actions / to pay dearly / to burn one's fingers
finger ring (dialect)
okra (Hibiscus esculentus) / lady's fingers
(coll.) while doing it; on the way through / (coll.) immediately; at once / (of a touch screen) responsive to the user's finger movements
finger-guessing game
to whistle (with fingers in one's mouth) / nowadays written 呼哨
okra (Hibiscus esculentus) / lady's fingers
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *镏* | 镏* | *镏
(bound form) finger ring / Taiwan pr. [liu2]


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