shǒu zhǐ
finger
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我用手指弹钢琴。
wǒ yòng shǒuzhǐ dǎn gāngqín.
I play the piano with my fingers.
他用手指指着我。
tā yòng shǒuzhǐ zhǐzhe wǒ.
He pointed at me with his finger.
我把手指伸进水里。
wǒ bǎ shǒuzhǐ shēn jìn shuǐ lǐ.
I put my finger in the water.
指头 (zhǐtou)
finger
手指头 (zhǐshǒutóu)
finger
脚趾 (jiǎozhǐ)
toe
脚 (jiǎo)
foot
The Chinese word 手指 (shǒuzhǐ) for "finger" is composed of two characters: 手 (shǒu), meaning "hand," and 指 (zhǐ), meaning "to point." The character 手 is a pictograph depicting a hand with five fingers, while the character 指 is a combination of the characters 止 (zhǐ), meaning "to stop," and 尸 (shī), meaning "corpse." This combination suggests the idea of pointing to something specific, as if to identify it or give it a name. Together, the two characters 手指 form a compound word that refers to the fingers of the hand.
