# 手指
## Chinese

* 手指

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): shǒuzhǐ
       (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄓˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sou$^3$ zi$^3$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sau$^2$ zi$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sú-chṳ́
    (Hailu, HRS): shiu$^ˊ$ zhi$^ˊ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): su$^3$ zi$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): chiū-cāi
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ciu$^5$ zai$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhiú-chí / chhiú-chái / chhiú-cháiⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ciu$^2$ zoin$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$seu-tsy
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuzhǐ [Phonetic: shóuzhǐ]
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄓˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shǒujhǐh
*** Wade–Giles: shou$^3$-chih$^3$
*** Yale: shǒu-jř
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooujyy
*** Palladius: шоучжи (šoučži)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$手指 手紙 / 手纸
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: sou$^3$ zi$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: souz
*** Sinological IPA : /səu⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sau$^2$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: sáu jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sau$^2$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: seo$^2$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐu̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$手指 手紙 / 手纸
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sú-chṳ́
*** Hakka Romanization System: su$^ˋ$ zii$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: su$^3$ zi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /su³¹ t͡sɨ³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: shiu$^ˊ$ zhi$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ʃiu²⁴⁻³³ t͡ʃi²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: su$^3$ zi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /su³¹ t͡sz̩³¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: chiū-cāi
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰieu³³⁻³⁵ $^{(t͡s-)}$ʒai³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ciu$^5$ zai$^3$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: chiū-câi
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiu²¹ t͡sai⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ciu$^5$ zai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiu²¹ t͡sai³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-chí
*** Tâi-lô: tshiú-tsí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chiwcie
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-chái
*** Tâi-lô: tshiú-tsái
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chiwzae
*** IPA (Penang): /t͡sʰiu⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ t͡sai⁴⁴⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai⁵³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-cháiⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tshiú-tsáinn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chiwzvae
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sãi⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sãi⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ciu$^2$ zoin$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiú tsóiⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiu⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sõĩ⁵²⁻²¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$seu-tsy
*** MiniDict: seu$^去$ tsy
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$seu-tsr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sɤ³³ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

#### Noun

手指
* (anatomy) finger (Classifier: 根 m; 隻／只 m c)
    交叉手指 ― jiāochā shǒuzhǐ ― to cross one's fingers
       Qǐng qièwù jiāng shǒuzhǐ shēnrù lóng zhōng. [Pinyin]
       Please do not poke your fingers through the cage.
* (Hong Kong Cantonese, informal) flash drive; thumb drive (Classifier: 隻／只 c)

##### Synonyms

* (finger):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 指 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 手指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 手指頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 手指, 手指頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 手指頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 手指頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 手指, 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 指頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 手指, 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 手指, 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 手指頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 手指頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 手指頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 手指, 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 手指, 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 手指 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 手指頭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 手指, 手指頭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 手指頭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 手指頭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 指頭兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 手指頭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 手指頭, 手指 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 手指頭 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 手指, 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 手指頭 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 手指頭兒, 指頭 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 手指頭 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 手指頭, 手拇指頭兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 手指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 手圪頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 手指, 指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 手指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 手指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 手指, 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 手指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 手指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 手指頭, 手指 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 手指, 手指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 指頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 手指頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 指頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 手指頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 手指拇兒, 手指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 手指拇兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 指拇兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 指頭子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 手指, 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 指拇兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 指拇兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 指甲, 手指, 手指頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 指頭, 指甲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 手指頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 手指頭兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 手指頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 指丫崽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 手指頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 手指頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 手指, 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 指媽, 手指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 手指頭, 手指, 指頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 手指頭兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 手指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 手指, 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 手指抹頭, 手指頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 麻指, 手指頭, 指頭, 手指 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 手指頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 手指頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 手爪兒, 手指頭, 手指末頭兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 手指頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 手指頭, 手指拇頭子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 手指頭, 末爪頭, 末爪頭子, 手爪子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 指丫兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 指甲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 手指頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 手指, 手仔 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 手兒 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 手指 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 指頭子, 指頭, 手指頭, 指姆頭子, 手指姆頭子, 手指丫 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 手節 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 手指腦 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 手指 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 手指 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 手指 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 手指 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 手指 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 手指 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 手指 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 手指 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 手指頭 |
| Hakka | Changting | 手指頭 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 手指 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 手指腦 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 手指 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 手指 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 手指 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 手指 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 手指 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 手指頭, 手指 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 手指仔 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 手指 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 手指 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 手指 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 指頭, 手指頭 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 手拇頭, 手指頭 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 指指兒, 手指指兒頭 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 手指指兒 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 手指頭兒 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 手指 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 手指頭 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 手指頭, 指頭兒 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 指頭兒 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 手指, 指頭 |
| Jin | Datong | 手指頭兒, 指頭兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 指頭 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 指頭兒 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 手指頭 |
| Jin | Linhe | 指頭子 |
| Jin | Jining | 手指頭 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 指頭, 指頭子 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 手指頭兒 |
| Jin | Handan | 手指 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 手指頭 |
| Jin | Suide | 手指頭兒, 指頭兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 手指仔 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 手仔 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 手仔 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 手指仔, 手爪仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 掌指, 手掌指, 手指 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 掌指 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 手掌指 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 掌指 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 掌指 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 掌頭 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 掌頭 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 掌頭囝 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 掌頭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 掌頭囝 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 掌指, 手掌指 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 掌頭仔, 手爪 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 掌頭仔, 手爪 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 掌頭仔 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 掌頭仔 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 掌頭囝 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 掌頭囝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 手掌頭仔, 手掌指仔, 手掌指, 掌頭仔, 掌指仔, 掌指, 手爪, 手指 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 掌頭仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 手掌指仔 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 手掌頭仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 掌頭仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 掌頭仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 掌頭仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 掌頭仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 掌頭仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 掌頭仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 掌頭仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 掌頭仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 掌頭仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 掌頭仔 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 手指, 惹捚 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 手掌頭仔, 掌頭仔, 手爪 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 掌頭仔 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 手指仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 手指仔 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 手指頭 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 指 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 手指仔 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) | 指 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 手囝 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 手囝 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 手囝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 手指頭 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 手指, 手指頭 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 手指 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 手仔 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 手仔 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 手仔 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 手仔 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 手仔 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 手指 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 手指仔 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 手仔 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 手指仔 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 手仔 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 手仔 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 手指 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 手指 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 手節頭, 手指頭, 節頭官, 節頭骨 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 手節頭, 節頭 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 手節頭 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 手節頭 |
| Wu | Danyang | 指頭, 手指頭, 手拇指頭 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 手指頭兒, 手指頭 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 指末頭, 手指末頭 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 手指頭兒, 指頭兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 手拇執頭, 手指頭 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 手末節頭 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 手指腦, 手指拇 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 手指腦 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 手指腦 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 手指腦 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 手指腦 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 手指頭 |
* (flash drive):
* U盤 / U盘 (yōupán) (mainland China)
* 優盤 / 优盘 (yōupán) (mainland China)
* 大拇哥 (dàmǔgē) (mainland China, slang)
* 快閃碟 / 快闪碟 (kuàishǎndié)
* 快閃記憶體盤 / 快闪记忆体盘 (kuàishǎn jìyìtǐpán) (Taiwan)
* 快閃隨身碟 / 快闪随身碟 (kuàishǎn suíshēndié) (Taiwan)
* 行動碟 / 行动碟 (xíngdòngdié)
* 記憶條 / 记忆条 (jìyìtiáo)
* 記憶棒 / 记忆棒 (jìyìbàng)
* 記憶體 / 记忆体 (gei$^3$ jik$^1$ tai$^2$) (Cantonese)
* 閃存盤 / 闪存盘 (shǎncúnpán) (mainland China)
* 閃盤 / 闪盘 (shǎnpán) (mainland China)
* 隨身碟 / 随身碟 (suíshēndié) (Taiwan)
* 霹靂碟 / 霹雳碟 (pīlìdié) (mainland China, slang)

##### Hyponyms

* (finger): 大拇指 (dàmǔzhǐ), 食指 (shízhǐ), 中指 (zhōngzhǐ), 無名指／无名指 (wúmíngzhǐ), 小指 (xiǎozhǐ)

##### Derived terms

* 手指公
* 手指字母
* 手指尾
* 手指拗入唔拗出
* 手指拗出唔拗入
* 手指甲
* 手指罅
* 手指腡 / 手指脶
* 手指陀螺 (shǒuzhǐ tuóluó)
* 手指頭 / 手指头
* 手指頭肚兒 / 手指头肚儿
* 指甲

### Pronunciation 2

* Eastern Min (BUC): chiū-cī
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ciu$^5$ zai$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhiú-chí / chhiú-chái / chhiú-cháiⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ciu$^2$ zi$^2$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): qiu$^2$ ji$^2$
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: chiū-cī
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰieu³³⁻³⁵ $^{(t͡s-)}$ʒi³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ciu$^5$ zai$^3$ [Phonetic: ciu$^5$ lai$^3$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: chiū-câi
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiu²¹ $^{(t͡s-)}$lai⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ciu$^5$ zai$^3$ [Phonetic: ciu$^5$ lai$^3$]
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiu²¹ $^{(t͡s-)}$lai³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Singapore, Penang, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-chí
*** Tâi-lô: tshiú-tsí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chiwcie
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁴¹/
*** IPA (Penang): /t͡sʰiu⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ t͡si⁴⁴⁵/
*** IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰiu⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡si⁴²/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-chái
*** Tâi-lô: tshiú-tsái
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chiwzae
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-cháiⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tshiú-tsáinn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chiwzvae
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sãi⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ciu$^2$ zi$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiú tsí
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiu⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡si⁵²⁻²¹/
** (Leizhou)
*** Leizhou Pinyin: qiu$^2$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰiu³¹⁻⁵⁵ t͡si³¹/

#### Noun

手指
* (Coastal Min) finger ring; ring (Classifier: 奇 mn; 個／个 mn-t; 隻／只 mn-t)
    掛手指／挂手指 [Taiwanese Hokkien] ― kòa chhiú-chí [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to wear a ring
** 1994, “心愛的甭哭”, in 王月娛 (lyrics), 徐嘉良 (music), 歡喜就好, performed by 陳雷 [Chen Lei]:
       sàng lí chit kha bô-iân ê chhiú-chí, kám-siā lí pôe-phōaⁿ góa chiah chōe nî [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       [I] give you this unfated ring; thank you for being by my side all these years.

##### Synonyms

* 彄環 / 𫸩环
* 戒指
* 戒箍子 (dialectal)
* 手記 / 手记 (shǒujì) (obsolete)
* 指環 / 指环 (zhǐhuán) (formal)
* 箍子 (gūzi) (dialectal)
* 約指 / 约指 (yuēzhǐ) (literary)
* 鎦子 / 镏子 (liùzi) (dialectal)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 指環 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 戒指, 指環 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 戒指, 戒指兒, 鎦子, 嘎子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 戒指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 戒指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 戒指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 戒指, 手溜兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 戒指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 戒指兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 手箍子, 戒指兒, 戒指, 戒子兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 戒指, 戒子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 戒指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 戒指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 戒指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 戒指, 鎦子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 戒指 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 戒子, 嘎子, 鎦子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 戒指兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 戒指 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 戒指兒, 鎦子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 戒指 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 戒指兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 戒指, 戒鎦子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 般子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 戒指, 手鎦子, 鎦子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 般子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 般子, 手般子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 戒指兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 戒指, 戒指子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 戒指兒, 箍兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 戒指, 鎦子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 戒圈子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 戒指, 戒子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 戒指 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 戒指兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 戒指, 手箍兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 戒指, 箍子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 戒指 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 戒指 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 戒指 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 戒指兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 戒箍子, 箍子, 戒鎦子, 鎦子, 戒指 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 戒指, 手箍子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 戒指子, 戒指兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 戒指 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 戒指, 戒指子, 手箍子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 戒指, 手戒指 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 戒指 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 戒指, 戒箍子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 箍子, 戒指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 戒指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 戒指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 箍子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 手箍兒, 手箍子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 戒指兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 戒指, 箍子, 幹子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 戒指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 手箍子, 箍子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 戒指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 戒指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 戒指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 戒指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 戒箍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 戒指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 戒指, 戒箍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 戒指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 戒指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 戒指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 戒指, 箍子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 箍子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 戒指 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 戒指, 手箍 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 戒指, 戒指子, 指戒箍 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 戒指, 戒箍子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 戒指 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 戒指兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 戒指, 戒箍兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 戒指子, 戒箍子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 戒指 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 戒指 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 戒指 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 戒指 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 戒指 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 戒指 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 戒指 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 戒指 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 戒指 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 戒指 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 戒指 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 戒指 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 戒指 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 戒指 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 戒指 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 戒指 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 戒箍子 |
| Gan | Pengze | 戒指 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 戒指 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 戒指 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 戒指 |
| Hakka | Changting | 戒指 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Yongding) | 戒指 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding) | 戒指 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding) | 戒指 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Peitian) | 手指 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Juxi) | 手指 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Zhongbao) | 手指 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Laiyuan) | 手指 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 戒指 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 禁指 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian) | 禁指 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian) | 禁指 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian) | 禁指 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian) | 禁指 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian) | 禁指 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian) | 禁指 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 禁指 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 禁指 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 戒指 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 手指 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 戒指 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 手指仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 禁指 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 手禁 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 禁指 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 手鎉 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 戒指 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 戒指 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 手戒指 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Fengshun) | 金指 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 戒指 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 戒指 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 戒指, 鎦子 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 戒指 |
| Jin | Datong | 戒指兒, 忍耐兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 戒指子, 戒鎦子, 鎦子 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 戒指兒 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 戒指兒, 圈子 |
| Jin | Linhe | 戒指 |
| Jin | Jining | 戒指 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 戒指 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 戒指 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 戒指兒 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 戒指 |
| Jin | Handan | 戒指, 手鎦子 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 戒指兒 |
| Jin | Suide | 戒指 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 手指 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 手指 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 手指 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 手指 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 手指仔 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 戒指 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 手指, 手節 |
| Southern Min | Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) | 戒指 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 戒指 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 指奇 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 手指 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 手指 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 手指 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 手指 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 手指 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 手指 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 手指 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 戒指 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 戒指, 指戒 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 戒箍子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 戒指 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 戒指 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 戒指 |
| Wu | Danyang | 戒指, 戒箍 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 戒指兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 戒指 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 戒指兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 戒指 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 戒指, 箍子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 戒箍子 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 手箍子 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 戒指 |

### Further reading

* “手指”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 手 | 指 |
| しゅ Grade: 1 | し Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi ||

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɕɨɕi]

#### Noun

手(しゅ)指(し) • (shushi)
* (often in compounds) finger; hand
    手(しゅ)指(し)衛(えい)生(せい)
       shushi eisei
       manual hygiene; hand washing

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 手 | 指 |
| て Grade: 1 | ゆび Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi ||
Of 手(て) (te, “hand; arm”) + 指(ゆび) (yubi, “digit”)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [te̞jɯ̟bʲi]

#### Noun

手(て)指(ゆび) • (teyubi)
* finger
    Synonym: 指 (yubi, “finger; digit”)
    Antonym: 足指 (ashiyubi, “toe”)