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手指

shǒu zhǐ

Written shǒu zhǐ, said shóu zhǐ — a third tone before another third tone is said as a second.

HSK 3 · word 1899 of 3,000

Meaning

Measure word

or 只 zhī

Example sentence

不能用手指人。

bù néng yòng shǒu zhǐ rén

Don't point at others.

Characters in 手指

hand plus , to point. The pointing part of the hand, and alone is the verb.

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