中指
zhōng zhǐ
Pinyin

Definition

中指
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zhōng zhǐ
  1. middle finger

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Zhōng
  1. 1 China
  2. 2 Chinese
  3. 3 surname Zhong
Zhōng guó
  1. 1 China
zhōng jiè
  1. 1 to act as intermediary
  2. 2 to link
  3. 3 intermediate
  4. 4 inter-
  5. 5 agency
  6. 6 agent
Zhōng Gòng
  1. 1 abbr. for 中國共產黨|中国共产党[Zhōng guó Gòng chǎn dǎng], Chinese Communist Party
zhōng fēn
  1. 1 to part one's hair in the middle
zhōng wǔ
  1. 1 noon
  2. 2 midday
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
Zhōng yuán
  1. 1 Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei
Zhōng guó rén
  1. 1 Chinese person
Zhōng guó shì
  1. 1 Chinese style
  2. 2 à la chinoise
zhōng chǎng
  1. 1 middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times)
  2. 2 midfield
  3. 3 mid-court (in sports)
  4. 4 half-time
  5. 5 intermission half-way through a performance
zhōng wài
  1. 1 Sino-foreign
  2. 2 Chinese-foreign
  3. 3 home and abroad
zhōng tiān
  1. 1 culmination (astronomy)
zhōng yāng
  1. 1 central
  2. 2 middle
  3. 3 center
  4. 4 central authorities (of a state)
zhōng xué
  1. 1 middle school
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
Zhōng shān
  1. 1 refers to Dr Sun Yat-sen
  2. 2 Zhongshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong, close to Sun Yat-sen's birthplace
  3. 3 Nakayama (Japanese surname)
zhōng nián
  1. 1 middle age
Zhōng yōng
  1. 1 the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Sì shū]
Zhōng shì
  1. 1 Chinese style
zhōng xīn
  1. 1 center
  2. 2 heart
  3. 3 core
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
zhōng xìng
  1. 1 neutral

Idioms (20)

一弹指顷
yī tán zhǐ qǐng
  1. 1 a snap of the fingers (idiom); in a flash
  2. 2 in the twinkling of an eye
一矢中的
yī shǐ zhòng dì
  1. 1 to hit the target with a single shot
  2. 2 to say something spot on (idiom)
一语中的
yī yǔ zhòng dì
  1. 1 to hit the mark with a comment (idiom)
  2. 2 to say sth spot on
中箭落马
zhòng jiàn luò mǎ
  1. 1 lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
  2. 2 to suffer a serious setback (idiom)
中西合璧
Zhōng Xī hé bì
  1. 1 harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom)
了如指掌
liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng
  1. 1 to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom)
  2. 2 to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
人中龙凤
rén zhōng lóng fèng
  1. 1 a giant among men (idiom)
令人发指
lìng rén fà zhǐ
  1. 1 to make one's hair stand up in anger (idiom); to raise people's hackles
伸手不见五指
shēn shǒu bù jiàn wǔ zhǐ
  1. 1 pitch-dark (idiom)
信孚中外
xìn fú zhōng wài
  1. 1 to be trusted both at home and abroad (idiom)
切中时弊
qiè zhòng shí bì
  1. 1 to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target
  2. 2 to hit the nub of the matter
切中时病
qiè zhòng shí bìng
  1. 1 to hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home
  2. 2 to hit the nail on the head (in an argument)
切中要害
qiè zhòng yào hài
  1. 1 to hit the target and do real damage (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to hit where it hurts
  3. 3 fig. to hit home
  4. 4 an argument that hits the nail on the head
十指不沾阳春水
shí zhǐ bù zhān yáng chūn shuǐ
  1. 1 to have no need to fend for oneself (idiom)
  2. 2 to lead a pampered life
古今中外
gǔ jīn zhōng wài
  1. 1 at all times and in all places (idiom)
命中注定
mìng zhōng zhù dìng
  1. 1 decreed by fate (idiom)
  2. 2 destined
  3. 3 fated
问鼎中原
wèn dǐng Zhōng yuán
  1. 1 to plan to seize power of the whole country (idiom)
囊中取物
náng zhōng qǔ wù
  1. 1 as easy as reaching for it from a bag (idiom)
  2. 2 in the bag
  3. 3 (as good as) in one's possession
冢中枯骨
zhǒng zhōng kū gǔ
  1. 1 dried bones in burial mound (idiom); dead and buried
堕云雾中
duò yún wù zhōng
  1. 1 lit. to become lost in a fog (idiom); fig. at a complete loss

Sample Sentences

嗯,真棒!好,大家从大拇指开始依次弹下去。当中指弹到咪这个音的时候呢,大拇指要穿过中指接下去弹,像这样。这个呢,叫换指,在钢琴里是很重要的一个技巧。
ng4 ,zhēn bàng !hǎo ,dàjiā cóng dàmǔzhǐ kāishǐ yīcì tán xiàqu 。dāng zhōngzhǐ tán dào mī zhè ge yīn de shíhou ne ,dàmǔzhǐ yào chuānguò zhōngzhǐ jiē xiàqu tán ,xiàng zhèyàng 。zhè ge ne ,jiào huànzhǐ ,zài gāngqín lǐ shì hěn zhòngyào de yī ge jìqiǎo 。
Yeah, very good! OK, everyone start playing from their thumbs down. As your middle finger begins to play the note, 'mi', your thumb will pass your middle finger and continue to play. Like this. This is called 'switching fingers'. It's a very important piano playing technique.
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中指吧!
zhōngzhǐ ba !
How about your middle finger!?
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不不,中指要用来骂人!
bù bù ,zhōngzhǐ yào yònglái màrén !
No, no! I need that to flip people off!
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