指
zhǐ HSK3

finger

指 zhǐ
refer to verb
to indicate, mean, or refer to

这里的‘你’是指谁？

zhè​lǐ de‘nǐ’ shì zhǐ shéi?

Who does the 'you' here refer to?

point at verb
to point at or indicate with a finger or object

他指着地图告诉我在哪儿。

tā zhǐ zhe dì​tú gào​su wǒ zài nǎ​r.

He pointed to the map and told me where it was.

finger noun
finger or digit

他的大指受了伤，现在连笔都握不住。

tā de dà zhǐ shòu le shāng, xiàn​zài lián bǐ dōu wò bù zhù.

He injured his thumb, and now he can't even hold a pen.

depend on verb
to rely on or count on

我们全家都指着他的工资生活。

wǒ​men quán​jiā dōu zhǐ zhe tā de gōng​zī shēng​huó.

The whole family depends on his salary to live.

stand on end punctuation
of hair, to stand up straight (usually due to anger or shock)

这种残忍的行为令人发指。

zhè zhǒng cán​rěn de xíng​wéi lìng​rén​fà​zhǐ.

Such cruel behavior is appalling.

Frequency
Character
Written text
261st most common 862.3 per million
Movie subtitles
331st most common 470.1 per million appears in 85% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
170.5 per million appears in 49% of films
Written text
178.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+6307

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)