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扳指

bān zhǐ

2-character word

What 扳指 means

1. ornamental thumb ring (originally a ring, often made from jade, worn by archers in ancient times to protect the right thumb when drawing a bowstring)

The characters in 扳指

• 扳bānto pull; to turn (sth) around; to turn around (a situation)
• 指zhǐfinger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to

Words starting with 扳指

• 扳指儿bān zhǐ rerhua variant of 扳指

Sounds the same

Read bān zhǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 搬指variant of 扳指