食指

Chinese
 
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 
finger; to point; to direct; to indicate
simp. and trad.
(食指)		 食 指

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

食指

  1. index finger
  2. mouths to feed

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 食指 (“index finger”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 食指, 示指
Mandarin Beijing 食指, 二拇指, 二拇指頭
Taiwan 食指, 二拇指, 二拇指頭
Harbin 食指
Hailar 二拇哥
Ulanhot 二拇哥
Tongliao 二拇哥
Chifeng 二拇哥
Bayanhot 二拇嘎
Jinan 二拇指, 食指, 二門指頭
Muping 食指, 二拇指頭, 二拇指
Luoyang 二拇指頭, 食指
Wanrong 二面手圪頭
Xi'an 二門指頭
Qingdao 二拇指頭
Xining 二拇指頭
Xuzhou 食指
Yinchuan 二拇指
Lanzhou 二拇指
Ürümqi 二拇指頭, 食指
Wuhan 二指甲
Chengdu 二指拇兒, 食指
Guiyang 二指拇
Guilin 二指媽
Liuzhou 吃指, 糧指, 食指
Yangzhou 二麻指
Nanjing 二指抹頭, 二指頭, 二馬指
Malaysia 食指
Singapore 食指
Cantonese Guangzhou 二指, 食指
Hong Kong 二指, 食指
Taishan 二指
Dongguan 食指
Nanning 食指, 二指
Wuzhou 食指, 二指
Yulin 食指
Hepu 食指
Gan Nanchang 二拇指頭
Lichuan 二手節
Pingxiang 第二隻手指腦
Hakka Meixian 二手指
Luchuan 食指
Yudu 二手指, 食指
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 蛇頭指, 指人指, 拈食指
Liudui (S. Sixian) 指人指, 拈食指
Hsinchu (Hailu) 蛇頭指, 拈食指
Dongshi (Dabu) 食指, 指人指, 蛇頭指
Hsinchu (Raoping) 蛇頭指, 指人指, 拈食指
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 第二指
Sabah 食指
Singkawang 拈食指
Huizhou Jixi 食指
Jin Taiyuan 二拇指頭
Xinzhou 二拇指頭
Baochang 二拇指頭
Jining 二拇指頭
Hohhot 二拇哥兒
Baotou 二拇指頭
Dongsheng 食指
Linhe 二拇指
Haibowan 二拇指
Min Dong Fuzhou 雞角指, 雞母指 humorous
Fuqing 雞角指, 食指
Matsu 雞角指
Min Nan Xiamen 指指
Quanzhou 指指
Zhangzhou 雞指
Taipei 二指, 指指
Kaohsiung 二指, 指指
Tainan 二指, 指指
Taichung 指指
Hsinchu 二指
Lukang 指指
Sanxia 報路
Yilan 指指, 二指, 第二指
Kinmen 指指
Magong 指指
Pingnan 食指
Chaozhou 雞指
Shantou 雞指
Haifeng 第二指
Haikou 第二手囝
Leizhou 戳鹽手囝
Pinghua Nanning 食指
Guilin 第二個
Wu Shanghai 食指, 雞節頭
Suzhou 指人節頭
Hangzhou 食指
Wenzhou 指天指
Chongming 二節頭
Danyang 二拇指頭
Jinhua 食指, 點鹽指
Ningbo 食指
Xiang Changsha 二指腦, 二指拇
Loudi 二手指腦
Quanzhou 食指

Derived terms
  • 食指大動／食指大动
  • 食指浩繁

Japanese
Kanji in this term
食 指
Grade: 2 Grade: 3
Irregular
Kanji in this term
食 指
ひとさし
Grade: 2		 ゆび
Grade: 3
Irregular
Kanji in this term
食 指
しょく
Grade: 2		 し
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 食指. The kanji is jukujikun (熟字訓).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (Irregular reading)
    • (Tokyo) ひとさし​ゆび [hìtósáshíꜜyùbì] (Nakadaka – [4])
    • IPA(key): [çi̥to̞sa̠ɕijɯ̟ᵝbʲi]
  • (Irregular reading)
    • (Tokyo) ひと​さし [hìtóꜜsàshì] (Nakadaka – [2])
    • IPA(key): [çi̥to̞sa̠ɕi]

Noun

食指 (hiragana しょくし, rōmaji shokushi, historical hiragana しよくし)
(alternative reading hiragana ひとさしゆび, romaji hitosashiyubi)
(alternative reading hiragana ひとさし, romaji hitosashi)

  1. an index finger; a forefinger

Idioms

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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