指 zhǐ in a sentence
Indicate (point out - refer to - finger)
指 (zhǐ) means Indicate (point out - refer to - finger). Below are 7 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他 指 着地图给我看。
Tā zhǐ zhe dìtú gěi wǒ kàn.
He pointed at the map to show me.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 指
请别用手 指 着别人。
Qǐng bié yòng shǒu zhǐ zhe biérén.
Please do not point at other people.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 指
他抬起胳膊 指 着那边。
Tā tái qǐ gēbo zhǐ zhe nàbiān.
He raised his arm and pointed over there.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 胳膊
警察正在路口 指 挥交通。
Jǐngchá zhèngzài lùkǒu zhǐhuī jiāotōng.
A police officer is directing traffic at the crossroads.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 警察
From the travel phrasebook
我们 指 定货代。
Wǒmen zhǐdìng huòdài.
We'll nominate the freight forwarder.
Travel phrasebook · Shipping and customs
货代您 指 定还是我们安排？
Huòdài nín zhǐdìng háishi wǒmen ānpái?
Do you nominate the forwarder or shall we?
Travel phrasebook · Shipping and customs
Words that contain 指
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 指
How is 指 used in a sentence?
This page shows 7 sentences using 指 (zhǐ, "Indicate (point out - refer to - finger)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 指 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 指 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 指 an HSK word?
Yes — 指 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 指?
The dictionary page for 指 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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