# 拇指
## Chinese

* 拇指

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mǔzhǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˇ ㄓˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mou$^5$ zi$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bú-chí / bió-chí / bó-chí
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$mu-tsy; $^1$m-tsy
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mǔzhǐ [Phonetic: múzhǐ]
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ ㄓˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mǔjhǐh
*** Wade–Giles: mu$^3$-chih$^3$
*** Yale: mǔ-jř
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muujyy
*** Palladius: мучжи (mučži)
*** Sinological IPA : /mu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$拇指 拇趾
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mou$^5$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: móuh jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mou$^5$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mou$^5$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /mou̯¹³ t͡siː³⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$拇指 母子
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bú-chí
*** Tâi-lô: bú-tsí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bwcie
*** IPA (Xiamen): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bió-chí
*** Tâi-lô: bió-tsí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bioycie
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /bio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bó-chí
*** Tâi-lô: bó-tsí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: boycie
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁵³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$mu-tsy; $^1$m-tsy
*** MiniDict: 'mu$^平$ tsy; 'm$^平$ tsy
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$'mu-tsr; $^1$'mm-tsr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mu⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/, /m̩⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/
* Middle Chinese: muwX tsyijX
Rime :
| Character | 拇 | 指 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 侯 (137) | 脂 (17) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 莫厚切 | 職雉切 |
| Baxter | muwX | tsyijX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /məu$^X$/ | /t͡ɕˠiɪ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /məu$^X$/ | /t͡ɕᵚi$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /məu$^X$/ | /t͡ɕiɪ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /məw$^X$/ | /cji$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /mu$^X$/ | /t͡ɕji$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /məu$^X$/ | /t͡ɕi$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /mə̯u$^X$/ | /t͡ɕi$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mǒu | zhǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mau$^5$ | zi$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*mɯʔ kjiʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 指 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhǐ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsyij$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*mə.kijʔ/ |
| English | finger; point |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 拇 | 指 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 9287 | 17325 |
| Phonetic component | 母 | 旨 |
| Rime group | 之 | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 母 | 旨 |
| Old Chinese | /*mɯʔ/ | /*kjiʔ/ |

### Noun

拇指
* thumb
* big toe

#### Synonyms

* (thumb):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 擘, 巨擘, 擘指, 巨指, 拇, 拇指, 大指 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 拇指, 大指, 大拇指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 大拇哥, 大拇指頭, 大拇手指頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 大拇指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 大拇哥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 大拇指頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 大拇哥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 大拇哥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 大拇哥, 大拇指頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 大拇哥, 大拇指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 大拇指頭, 大拇哥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 大拇哥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 大拇指, 大拇指頭, 大拇哥, 大拇手指頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 大拇指頭, 大拇指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 大拇指頭, 大拇指, 大拇哥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 大拇手指頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 大拇指, 大拇哥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 大拇手指頭, 大拇指頭, 大拇指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 大拇指, 大拇哥, 大拇手指頭, 大拇指頭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 大拇哥 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 大拇哥, 大拇指頭, 大拇指 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 大拇哥, 大拇指頭, 大拇指 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 大拇哥, 大拇指頭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 大拇哥, 大拇指頭兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 大拇指頭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 大拇指, 大拇哥, 大拇指頭, 大拇手指頭 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 大拇指頭 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 大拇指頭, 大拇指 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 大拇指頭, 大拇指 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 大拇指頭, 大拇指 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 大拇指頭 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 大拇指頭兒, 大拇指 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 大拇指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 大棉指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 大拇手指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 大拇指頭兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 大面手圪頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 大拇指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 大拇指頭, 大拇指 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 大拇指頭, 大拇哥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 大拇指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 大拇指 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 大拇指 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 大拇指, 大拇指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 大拇指頭, 大拇指 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 大拇指 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 大拇指頭, 大拇哥兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 大拇哥, 大拇指頭, 大拇指 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 大拇指 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 大拇指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 大拇指頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 大拇指, 大拇指頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 大拇嘎 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 大拇指, 大拇指頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 大拇指頭, 大拇指 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 大拇指 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 大拇指頭, 大拇哥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 大指拇兒, 老指拇兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 大拇指, 大指拇兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 大指拇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 大指拇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 大拇指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 大指拇兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 大指拇兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 大指甲, 大拇指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 大拇指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 大拇指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 大拇指頭, 大拇指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 大指拇, 大指頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 大指拇兒, 大指頭兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 大指拇, 大指頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 大拇指丫 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 大拇指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 大拇指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 大拇指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 大拇指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 大指媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 大拇指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 拇指, 大拇指, 大手指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 手指娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 大指拇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 大指拇 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 大指抹頭, 大指頭, 大馬指, 大馬哥, 大拇指 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 大拇指, 大拇指頭, 大拇指子, 老拇指 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 大拇指頭, 大拇指 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 大拇指頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 大拇指頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 大指甲 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 大拇指, 大指拇頭子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 大拇指, 大拇爪子, 大拇爪 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 大指丫兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 大指甲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 手指公 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 手指公 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 手指公 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 手指公 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 手指公 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 手指公 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 手指公 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 手指公 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 手指公 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 手指公 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 手指公 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 手指公 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 手公頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 手指公 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 手乸公 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 手指公 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 手指公 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 手指公 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 手公 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 手指公 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 手公頭 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 手指公 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 手公, 手指公 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 手公 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 手公 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 手指公 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 手指公 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 手指公 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 手指公 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 手指公 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 手指公 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 手公頭 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 手拇頭 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 手指頭, 手指公 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 手指公 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 手指公 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 手指公 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 手指公 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 手乸 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 手乸頭, 手指頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 手乸頭 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 手拇頭 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 手乸頭 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 手指婆 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 手乸頭 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 手乸頭 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 手乸頭 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 手指公 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 手馬頭, 手指頭 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 手枚公, 手枚頭 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 手指乸 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 拇指, 手乸頭, 大拇指 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 手指公, 手公頭 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 大手兒, 拇指 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 大手指, 拇指 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 手指公 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 手指公 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 大拇指頭, 大拇指頭子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 大手節 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 大手指腦 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 手指公, 大手指公 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 手指公 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 手指公 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 手指公 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 手指公 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 手指公 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 手指公 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 手指公 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 手指公 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 手指公 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 手指公 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 手指公 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 手指公 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 手指公 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 手指嫲 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 手指公 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 拇指 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 手指公 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 手指公 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 手指公 |
| Hakka | Changting | 手指公 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 伯公手指 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 伯公手指 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 手指伯公 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 手指公 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 手指公 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 大手指 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 大腦公公 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 手指公 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 大腦公 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 手指婆 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 手指公 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 手指婆 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 手指婆哩 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 手指公 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 手指公 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 手指公 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 手指公 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 手指公 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 手指公, 大牯翁 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 手指公 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 手嫲頭 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 手指公 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 手指頭, 手指公 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 手拇公 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 手公頭 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 手指頭 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 手公頭 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 手嫲頭 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 手嫲頭 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 手嫲公 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 手嫲頭 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 手拇頭 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 手指公 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 手指公 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 手指公 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 大指頭 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 大拇指, 大指頭 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 大拇指頭 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 老拇指頭兒, 大拇指頭兒 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 大拇指頭, 大拇指 |
| Jin | Datong | 大拇指頭兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 大拇指頭 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 大拇指頭, 大拇指 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 大拇指頭 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 大拇指頭 |
| Jin | Linhe | 大拇指, 大拇指頭子 |
| Jin | Jining | 大拇指頭 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 大拇指頭, 大拇哥兒 |
| Jin | Baotou | 大拇指頭 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 大拇指頭 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 大拇指 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 大拇指頭 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 大拇指頭 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 大拇指, 大拇哥兒 |
| Jin | Handan | 大拇指頭 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 大拇指頭 |
| Jin | Suide | 老拇指頭兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 手嫲頭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 大拇拇, 大拇哥 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 大拇拇 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 大拇拇 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 大部拇 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 指頭拇 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 部頭拇, 掌頭拇, 大頭拇 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 掌頭拇 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 掌頭拇 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 掌頭拇 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 大部拇, 大臼拇, 大大拇, 大頭拇 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 掌頭拇 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 大掌部 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 大掌部 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 大頭嬸拇 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 掌頭拇公 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 掌頭拇公, 大頭拇 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 大部翁, 大部拇 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 大部拇, 大頭拇 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 大富翁, 大拇翁 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 大公拇 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 大頭拇 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 大頭拇 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 大頭拇, 掌頭拇 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 大部拇 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 掌頭拇, 大頭拇 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 惹捚母 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 掌頭拇, 大部拇 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 手指公, 手指母 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 大手指 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 指頭公, 手公 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 指頭公, 指頭拇 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 指頭公 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 指頭公, 手公, 手頭公, 手指頭公, 拇指 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 手指公 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 手指公 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 指頭公 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 手拇 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 手拇 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 大手拇, 手拇 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 手拇 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 大掌頭 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 大拇 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 手拇頭 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 指頭翁 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 稱頭翁 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 手拇頭, 大手指, 大拇指 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 大手指頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 大節頭, 大拇指, 大手節頭, 大米指頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 大節頭 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 大密節頭 |
| Wu | Danyang | 大拇指頭 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 大拇手指頭 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 大指末頭 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 大蠻指頭兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 大手拇執頭 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 大指腦, 大指拇 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 大手指腦 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 大手指腦 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 大手腦 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 大拇指, 大指頭 |
* (big toe):
* 大腳腦／大脚脑 (Hengyang Xiang)
* 大腳趾／大脚趾 (dàjiǎozhǐ)
* 大趾 (dàzhǐ)
* 將指／将指 (jiàngzhǐ) (Classical Chinese)
* 拇趾 (mǔzhǐ)
* 腳公／脚公 (giak$^1$ guung$^4$) (Taishanese)
* 腳趾公／脚趾公 (goek$^3$ zi$^2$ gung$^1$) (Cantonese, Hakka)

#### Derived terms

* 二拇指 (èrmǔzhǐ)
* 大拇指 (dàmǔzhǐ)
* 小拇指 (xiǎomǔzhǐ)
* 拇指大戰／拇指大战 (mǔzhǐ dàzhàn)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 拇指(ぼし) (boshi)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 拇 | 指 |
| ぼ Hyōgai | し Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi ||

### Alternative forms

* 母指

### Etymology

From Chinese 拇指 (mǔzhǐ).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ぼし [bóꜜshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [bo̞ɕi]
* Homophones: 戊子, 母子, 拇趾, 墓誌, 暮歯

### Noun

拇(ぼ)指(し) • (boshi)
* Synonym of 親指