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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mǔ | mu3
English translation
thumb; big toe

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

hand

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌母

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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gāi , chuí dào 大拇指 Dà mu zhǐ le !

Damn! I hit my thumb with the hammer.

于是 yúshì 热情 rèqíng de 哑巴 yǎ ba yòng 拇指 mǔ zhǐ 拨弄 bō nòng 谦卑 qiān bēi 须眉 xū méi de sǎn .

Thus the enthusiastic dumb man thumbed the humble man's umbrella.

迪伊 bāi xià kuài 石灰石 shí huī shí , yòng 拇指 mǔ zhǐ dàn jìn 河里.

Dee broke off a piece of limestone and thumbed it into the stream.

相识 xiāng shí de rén 互相 hùxiāng 交谈 jiāo tán , 有说有笑 yǒu shuō yǒu xiào , Huán 翘起 qiào qǐ 大拇指 Dà mu zhǐ .

Strangers talked to each other, laughed , and pointed thumbs up.

不得不 bùdébù duì 维护正义 de 勇气 yǒngqì 竖起 shù qǐ 大拇指 Dà mu zhǐ

You have to give her top marks for moral guts.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
拇指 mǔ zhǐ thumb拇指 mǔ zhǐ
大拇指 Dà mu zhǐ Tom Thumb (small person in folk tales)大拇指 Dà mu zhǐ
thumb
小拇指 xiǎo mǔ zhǐ pinkie小拇指 xiǎo mǔ zhǐ
二拇指 èr mu zhǐ index finger二拇指 èr mu zhǐ

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