無名指
See also: 无名指
Chinese
to not have a name; anonymous; nameless to not have a name; anonymous; nameless; unknown; unnotable; unremarkable | finger; to point; to direct finger; to point; to direct; to indicate | ||
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trad. (無名指) | 無名 | 指 | |
simp. (无名指) | 无名 | 指 | |
Literally: “nameless finger”. |
Etymology
From Mencius:
- 今有無名之指,屈而不信,非疾痛害事也,如有能信之者,則不遠秦楚之路,為指之不若人也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
- Jīn yǒu wúmíng zhī zhǐ, qū ér bù shēn, fēi jítòng hàishì yě, rú yǒu néng shēn zhī zhě, zé bù yuǎn Qín Chǔ zhī lù, wèi zhǐ zhī bù ruò rén yě. [Pinyin]
- Here is a man whose fourth finger is bent and cannot be stretched out straight. It is not painful, nor does it incommode his business, and yet if there be any one who can make it straight, he will not think the way from Qin to Chu far to go to him; because his finger is not like the finger of other people.
今有无名之指,屈而不信,非疾痛害事也,如有能信之者,则不远秦楚之路,为指之不若人也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation
Noun
無名指
- ring finger
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 無名指 (“ring finger”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words edit |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 無名指 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 四拇指, 護國寺 |
Taiwan | 無名指 | |
Tianjin | 四拇指 | |
Tangshan | 四拇指 | |
Cangzhou | 無名指 | |
Baoding | 四拇指 | |
Shijiazhuang | 四拇指 | |
Ulanhot | 無名指 | |
Tongliao | 無名指 | |
Chifeng | 無名指, 四拇指頭 | |
Bayanhot | 無名指 | |
Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 無名指, 四拇指 | |
Harbin | 無名指 | |
Shenyang | 無名指 | |
Yantai (Muping) | 無名兒指 | |
Qingdao | 無名指 | |
Jinan | 無名指 | |
Luoyang | 無名指, 四拇指頭 | |
Wanrong | 四面手圪頭, 四面面 | |
Zhengzhou | 四拇指頭 | |
Xi'an | 四門指頭, 無名指 | |
Yinchuan | 無名指 | |
Lanzhou | 四指, 四拇指 | |
Xining | 四指, 四拇指頭, 四拇哥兒 | |
Ürümqi | 四拇指頭, 四拇指 | |
Wuhan | 四指甲, 無名指 | |
Chengdu | 四指拇兒, 無名指 | |
Chongqing | 四指拇兒 | |
Guiyang | 四指拇 | |
Kunming | 四拇指, 無名指 literary | |
Guilin | 四指媽 | |
Liuzhou | 四指, 無名指 | |
Xuzhou | 無名指 | |
Yangzhou | 無名指, 四麻指 | |
Nanjing | 無名指, 四指抹頭, 四指頭, 四馬指, 荷花葉 | |
Hefei | 無名指 | |
Nantong | 四拇指頭 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 無名指, 四指 |
Hong Kong | 無名指 | |
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 無名指 | |
Macau | 無名指 | |
Guangzhou (Panyu) | 無名指, 四指 | |
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 無名指 | |
Guangzhou (Conghua) | 無名指 | |
Foshan | 無名指, 四指 | |
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 尾二指 | |
Foshan (Shunde) | 無名指 | |
Foshan (Sanshui) | 無名指 | |
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 無名指 | |
Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 四指 | |
Zhuhai (Qianshan) | 四指 | |
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) | 四指 | |
Zhuhai (Doumen) | 四指 | |
Jiangmen (Baisha) | 四指 | |
Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 四指 | |
Taishan | 無名指, 尾二 | |
Kaiping (Chikan) | 無名指 | |
Enping (Niujiang) | 無名指 | |
Heshan (Yayao) | 無名指 | |
Dongguan | 無名指 | |
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 無名指 | |
Shaoguan | 無名指 | |
Yunfu | 無名指, 無名字 | |
Xinyi | 無名指 | |
Lianjiang | 無名指 | |
Nanning | 無名指, 四指 | |
Wuzhou | 無名指, 四指 | |
Yulin | 無名指 | |
Hepu (Lianzhou) | 典人指 | |
Gan | Lichuan | 四手節 |
Pingxiang | 第四隻手指腦 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 四手指 |
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 無名指 | |
Dongguan (Qingxi) | 無名指 | |
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 無名指 | |
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 無名指 | |
Yudu | 無名指, 細手指 | |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 無名指, 矮㑁指, 蘸藥指 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 無名指, 矮㑁指, 蘸藥指 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 無名指 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 無名指 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 無名指, 矮㑁指, 蘸藥指 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 尾二指 | |
Luchuan (Daqiao) | 無名指 | |
Sabah (Longchuan) | 無名指 | |
Singkawang | 無名指 | |
Huizhou | Jixi | 無名指 |
Shexian | 無名指 | |
Jin | Taiyuan | 四拇指頭 |
Xinzhou | 四拇指頭 | |
Taibus (Baochang) | 無名指 | |
Linhe | 四指 | |
Jining | 無名指 | |
Hohhot | 四拇哥兒, 四拇指 | |
Baotou | 無名指 | |
Dongsheng | 無名指 | |
Haibowan | 無名指 | |
Zhangjiakou | 無名指 | |
Handan | 無名指, 四拇指頭 | |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 無名指 |
Fuqing | 尾二指, 無名指 | |
Matsu | 無名指 | |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 䆀指, 尾二指 |
Xiamen (Tong'an) | 尾二指 | |
Quanzhou | 尾二指, 佬仔指 | |
Jinjiang | 佬仔指 | |
Zhangzhou | 佬仔指 | |
Zhao'an | 無名指 | |
New Taipei (Sanxia) | 愛媠 | |
Kaohsiung | 尾二指 | |
Yilan | 尾仔二指, 尾仔第二指 | |
Kinmen | 佬仔 | |
Zhangping (Yongfu) | 四指仔 | |
Pingnan (Shangdu) | 無名指 | |
Chaozhou | 狐狸指 | |
Haifeng | 煞尾第二指 | |
Haikou | 第四手囝 | |
Qionghai | 無名 | |
Zhongshan Min | Shaxi (Longdu) | 四指 |
Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 無名指 |
Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 無名指 |
Wu | Shanghai | 無名指, 黃狼節頭 |
Shanghai (Chongming) | 四節頭 | |
Suzhou | 無名節頭, 要好看 | |
Danyang | 四拇指頭 | |
Hangzhou | 無名指 | |
Ningbo | 無名指 | |
Wenzhou | 無名指 | |
Jinhua | 無名指 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 四指腦, 四指拇 |
Quanzhou | 無名指 |
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | ||
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無 | 名 | 指 |
む Grade: 4 | めい Grade: 1 | し Grade: 3 |
on’yomi |
Borrowed from Middle Chinese 無名指 (mɨo miᴇŋ t͡ɕˠiɪX, literally “no, without + name + finger”). Compare modern Cantonese reading mou4 ming4 zi2, Hakka mò-miàng-chí.
Pronunciation
- On’yomi
- (Tokyo) むめーし [mùméꜜèshì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
- IPA(key): [mɯ̟ᵝme̞ːɕi]
Noun
無名指 • (mumeishi)
- Synonym of 薬指: ring finger
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | ||
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無 | 名 | 指 |
Grade: 4 | Grade: 1 | ゆび Grade: 3 |
irregular |
Calque of Middle Chinese 無名指 (“unnamed finger”), swapping the readings of the first two kanji to match Japanese word order.
This reading is more commonly spelled 名無し指.
Alternative forms
- 名無し指 (more common)
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) ななしゆび [nànáshíꜜyùbì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
- IPA(key): [na̠na̠ɕijɯ̟ᵝbʲi]
Noun
無名指 • (nanashiyubi)
- Synonym of 薬指 (kusuriyubi): ring finger
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN