thumb
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
thumb
formalA more formal or anatomical term for the thumb. In everyday speech, '拇指' is more common.
Tā他
yòng用
dà大
zhǐ指
àn按
xià下
le了
zhǐ指
wén纹
shí识
bié别
qì器
。
He pressed the fingerprint scanner with his thumb.
Dà大
zhǐ指
shì是
wǔ五
gè个
shǒu手
zhǐ指
zhōng中
zuì最
cū粗
zhuàng壮
de的
yī一
gè个
。
The thumb is the strongest of the five fingers.
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Zhōng中
yī医
rèn认
wéi为
dà大
zhǐ指
yǔ与
fèi肺
jīng经
xiāng相
lián连
。
Traditional Chinese medicine believes the thumb is connected to the lung meridian.