# 臺中指
## Chinese

| | | (measure word); platform; stage(measure word); platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; desk; station; broadcasting station | middle; centre; withinmiddle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark) | finger; to point; to directfinger; to point; to direct; to indicate |
| trad. (臺中指/台中指) | trad. (臺中指/台中指) | 臺/台 | 中 | 指 |
| simp. (台中指) | simp. (台中指) | 台 | 中 | 指 |

### Pronunciation

* Eastern Min (BUC): dâi-dŏng-cāi
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dâi-dŏng-cāi
*** Sinological IPA : /tai²⁴²⁻²¹ $^{(t-)}$louŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ $^{(t͡s-)}$ʒai³³/

### Noun

臺中指
* (Eastern Min) middle finger

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 中指, 將指 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 中指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 中指, 鐘鼓樓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 中指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 中指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 中指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 中指, 三拇指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 中指, 三拇指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 中指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 中指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 中指 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 中指 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 中指 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 中指 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 中指 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 三拇指 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 中指 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 中指 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 中指 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 三拇指頭, 中拇指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 中指 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 中指 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 中指 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 中指, 三拇哥, 中拇指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 中指 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 中指 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 中指 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 中指 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 中拇指頭, 中指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 中指拇兒, 中指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 中指拇兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 中指, 中指甲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 中指拇, 中指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 中指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 中指媽, 三指媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 中指 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 三指抹頭, 三指頭, 三馬指, 三中佬, 中拇指 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 中指, 三麻指, 中麻指 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 三拇指頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 中指 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 中指 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 中指 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 中指 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 中指 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 中指 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 中指 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 中間指 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 中間指 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 棟樑 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 中指 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 中指 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 中指 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 中指 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 中指 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 中指 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 中指 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 中指 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 中指 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 中指 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 中指 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 中指 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 中指 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 中指 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 中指 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 棟指 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 中指 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 中指 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 高先生 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 中指 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 中指 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 中指, 三指 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 中指, 三指 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 中指 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 中指 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 中指 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 中指 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 中手節 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 第三隻手指腦 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 棟手指 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 中指 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 棟心指 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 棟指 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 中指 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 棟指 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 中手指 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 棟指 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 棟指, 中指, 三指公 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 棟指 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 中央指, 棟指 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 棟指 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 中央指 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 中指 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 中指 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 棟指 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 中間指 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 中指 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 三拇指頭 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 中指, 三拇指頭 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 中指 |
| Jin | Linhe | 中指 |
| Jin | Jining | 中指 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 中指, 中拇哥兒 |
| Jin | Baotou | 中指 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 中指 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 中指 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 中指 |
| Jin | Handan | 中指, 三拇指頭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 臺中指, 䐯鳥指 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 第中指, 臺中指 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 當中指, 䐯手指, 䐯友指 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 中營, 中爪, 中指, 中椵 dated |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 中哥, 中指 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 中指 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 中哥 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 中哥 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 中指, 虎指 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 中指 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 中指 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 二指 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 中指 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 中指, 中央指 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 中指 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 中指 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 中指 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 中指 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 中指 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 中指 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 中指 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 中指 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 中指 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 鎮中指 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 中央指 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 當央手囝 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 中公 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 中指 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 中指 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 中指 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 中指, 當中節頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 中節頭 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 當中節頭, 惹人厭 |
| Wu | Danyang | 中拇指頭 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 當中手指頭 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 中指 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 中央指 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 中央指 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 中指腦, 中指拇 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 中指腦 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 中指 |