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手指

Mandarin · pinyin shǒu zhǐ

finger
Classifier: 個 gè, 隻 zhī

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手: shǒu · hand
指: zhǐ · finger, toe; point, indicate

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3–3 · shou3 zhi3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sau2 zi2

Cantonese word readings for 手指. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

(anatomy) finger (Classifier: 根 m; 隻／只 m c)
(Hong Kong Cantonese, informal) flash drive; thumb drive (Classifier: 隻／只 c)

noun

(Coastal Min) finger ring; ring (Classifier: 奇 mn; 個／个 mn-t; 隻／只 mn-t)

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