粵

手sau2指zi2

sau2 zi2shǒu zhǐ

English

  1. finger
  2. (slang) (of computer garget) USB flash drive
  3. finger (on a hand)
  4. USB flash drive

量詞 — Classifiers

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 人或者動物手掌最尾嘅部分(量詞:隻)
  2. USB 儲存裝置嘅俗稱(量詞:隻)

Examples

  • 你隻手指壞咗。

    Your USB flash drive is not working.

  • 手指指冇禮貌。

    It's not polite to point at others.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 你用手指摸下塊布。

    Use your finger to touch the cloth. ----

  • 個BB喺到吮手指。

    The baby is sucking his finger.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 手指夠靈活先彈到琴。

    Playing the piano requires manual dexterity.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 擰轉面。嗱,唔准望呀吓,估吓我舉起咗幾多隻手指?

    Turn around. Now, without looking, guess how many fingers I'm holding up.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 如果你帶個細路出街,指住個月亮,佢會望住個月亮。如果你對隻狗做同樣嘅嘢,佢會望住你隻手指。

    If you take a child outside and point at the moon, they will look at the moon. If you do the same thing with a dog, it will look at your finger.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 手指又叫做「爸爸手指」、「媽媽手指」、「哥哥手指」、「大妹妹手指」、「咇咇手指」。

    Tatoeba · Andrea5437 CC BY

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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