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趾

zhǐ

Character

What 趾 means

1. toe

Example sentences

• 我小趾痛。
  My little toe hurts.
• 汤姆吃力地去碰脚趾。
  Tom struggled to touch his toes.
• 别那么趾高气扬，汤姆。
  Bié nàme zhǐgāo-qìyáng, Tāngmǔ.
  Get off your high horse, Tom.
• 别那幺趾高气扬，汤姆。
  Get off your high horse, Tom.
• 我可以轻而易举地碰到我的脚趾。
  Wǒ kěyǐ qīng'éryìjǔ de pèngdào wǒ de jiǎozhǐ.
  I can easily touch my toes.
• 最初的旗袍遮住了女性身体的大部分，只露出头部、手和脚趾头，为的是无论穿戴者的年龄如何,都能隐藏她的身材。
  Zuì chū de qípáo zhēzhù le nǚxìng shēntǐ de dàbùfen, zhǐ lùchū tóubù, shǒu hé jiǎozhǐtou, wèideshì wúlùn chuāndài zhě de niánlíng rúhé, dōu néng yǐncáng tā de shēncái.
  The original qipao covered most of a woman's body, revealing only the head, the hands and the tips of the toes, in order to conceal the figure of the wearer regardless of her age.

Words starting with 趾

• 趾高气扬zhǐ gāo qì yánghigh and mighty (idiom); arrogant
• 趾尖zhǐ jiāntiptoe
• 趾甲zhǐ jiǎtoenail
• 趾疔zhǐ dīngboil on the toe

Words containing 趾

• 脚趾jiǎo zhǐtoe
• 脚趾头jiǎo zhǐ toutoe
• 交趾Jiāo zhǐformer southernmost province of the Chinese Empire, now northern Vietnam
• 短趾雕duǎn zhǐ diāo(bird species of China) short-toed snake eagle (Circaetus gallicus)
• 拇趾mǔ zhǐbig toe
• 拇趾外翻mǔ zhǐ wài fānbunion; hallux valgus
• 长趾滨鹬cháng zhǐ bīn yù(bird species of China) long-toed stint (Calidris subminuta)
• 三趾鸥sān zhǐ ōu(bird species of China) black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
• 三趾滨鹬sān zhǐ bīn yù(bird species of China) sanderling (Calidris alba)
• 三趾翠鸟sān zhǐ cuì niǎo(bird species of China) black-backed dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca)
• 三趾鸦雀sān zhǐ yā què(bird species of China) three-toed parrotbill (Paradoxornis paradoxus)
• 林三趾鹑lín sān zhǐ chún(bird species of China) common buttonquail (Turnix sylvaticus)
• 棕三趾鹑zōng sān zhǐ chún(bird species of China) barred buttonquail (Turnix suscitator)
• 三趾啄木鸟sān zhǐ zhuó mù niǎo(bird species of China) Eurasian three-toed woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus)
• 大五趾跳鼠dà wǔ zhǐ tiào shǔgreat jerboa (Allactaga major)
• 大短趾百灵dà duǎn zhǐ bǎi líng(bird species of China) greater short-toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)
• 黄脚三趾鹑huáng jiǎo sān zhǐ chún(bird species of China) yellow-legged buttonquail (Turnix tanki)
• 亚洲短趾百灵Yà zhōu duǎn zhǐ bǎi líng(bird species of China) Asian short-toed lark (Alaudala cheleensis)
• 细嘴短趾百灵xì zuǐ duǎn zhǐ bǎi líng(bird species of China) Hume's short-toed lark (Calandrella acutirostris)
• 金背三趾啄木鸟jīn bèi sān zhǐ zhuó mù niǎo(bird species of China) common flameback (Dinopium javanense)
• 𧿹趾mǔ zhǐvariant of 拇趾

Characters built on 止

These share the phonetic component 止 (zhǐ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 此cǐthis; these
• 企qǐ(bound form) to stand on tiptoe and look; to anticipate; to look forward to…
• 歧qídivergent; side road
• 址zhǐ(bound form) site; location
• 齿chǐ(bound form) tooth; (bound form) to regard as worthy of mention
• 耻chǐ(bound form) shame; humiliation; disgrace
• 祉zhǐfelicity
• 芷zhǐangelica (type of iris); plant root used in TCM

Characters that look like 趾

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 距jùto be at a distance of ... from; to be apart from; (bound form) distance…
• 胶jiāoto glue; glue; gum
• 粒lìgrain; granule; pellet; particle; classifier for small round objects…
• 棘jíthorns
• 赃zāngstolen goods; loot; spoils
• 敝bìmy (polite); poor; ruined

Sounds the same

Read zhǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 只only; merely; just
• 指finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to
• 纸paper; classifier for documents, letters etc
• 止to stop; to prohibit; until
• 址(bound form) site; location
• 旨imperial decree; purport; aim
• 徵4th note in the ancient Chinese pentatonic scale 五音
• 芷angelica (type of iris); plant root used in TCM
• 酯ester
• 祉felicity
• 咫8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty
• 枳(orange); hedge thorn