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拇指

mǔ zhǐ · mu zhi

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Meaning

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  1. thumb
  2. big toe
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Thumbs up

  1. Dengdeng

    亮亮(liàngliàng)，我的(wǒde)拇指(mǔzhǐ)好(hǎo)疼(téng)。

    Liangliang, my thumb really hurts.

  2. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)是不是(shìbùshì)玩(wán)了(le)一整天(yīzhěngtiān)手机(shǒujī)？

    Have you been on your phone all day?

  3. Dengdeng

    没有(méiyǒu)，我(wǒ)今天(jīntiān)只(zhǐ)发(fā)了(le)五百(wǔbǎi)条(tiáo)消息(xiāoxi)。

    No. Today I only sent five hundred messages.

  4. Liangliang

    那(nà)你的(nǐde)拇指(mǔzhǐ)需要(xūyào)休息(xiūxi)一下(yīxià)。

    Then your thumb needs a rest.

  5. Dengdeng

    可是(kěshì)我(wǒ)要(yào)给(gěi)你(nǐ)的(de)新(xīn)照片(zhàopiàn)点赞(diǎnzàn)。

    But I want to like your new photo.

  6. Liangliang

    那(nà)你(nǐ)对(duì)我(wǒ)竖起(shùqǐ)拇指(mǔzhǐ)，当面(dāngmiàn)点赞(diǎnzàn)吧(ba)。

    Then just give me a thumbs up in person.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

人(rén)的(de)手(shǒu)有(yǒu)五(wǔ)个(gè)手(shǒu)指(zhǐ): 拇(mǔ)指(zhǐ)、食(shí)指(zhǐ)、中(zhōng)指(zhǐ)、无(wú)名(míng)指(zhǐ)和(hé)小(xiǎo)指(zhǐ)。

The hand has five fingers: the thumb, the index finger, the middle finger, the ring finger, and the pinky.

Tatoeba: Chinese by GlossaMatik · English by ellasevia · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)不(bù)小(xiǎo)心(xīn)用(yòng)锤(chuí)子(zi)砸(zá)到(dào)了(le)拇(mǔ)指(zhǐ)。

He accidentally hit his thumb with a hammer.

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