將指

Chinese

		(military) general	finger; to point; to direct finger; to point; to direct; to indicate
trad. (將指)		將	指
simp. (将指)		将	指

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàngzhǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄓˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng³ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàngzhǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄓˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàngjhǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chiang⁴-chih³
    • Yale: jyàng-jř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianqjyy
    • Palladius: цзянчжи (czjančži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng³ zi²
    • Yale: jeung jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng³ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng³ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ³³ t͡siː³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjangH tsyijX

Rime
Character	將	指
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	子亮切	職雉切
Baxter	tsjangH	tsyijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨɐŋH/	/t͡ɕˠiɪX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɐŋH/	/t͡ɕᵚiX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡siɑŋH/	/t͡ɕiɪX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɨaŋH/	/cjiX/
Li Rong	/t͡siaŋH/	/t͡ɕjiX/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭaŋH/	/t͡ɕiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯aŋH/	/t͡ɕiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiàng	zhǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zoeng3	zi2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]aŋ-s  mə.kijʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsaŋs  kjiʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	將	指
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiàng	zhǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ tsjangH ›	‹ tsyijX ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]aŋ-s/	/*mə.kijʔ/
English	lead (v.); leader	finger; point
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	將	指
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	10294	17325
Phonetic component	爿	旨
Rime group	陽	脂
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	醬	旨
Old Chinese	/*ʔsaŋs/	/*kjiʔ/

Noun

將指

1. (Classical) middle finger
2. (Classical) big toe

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 中指 (“middle finger”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		中指, 將指
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		中指
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	中指, 鐘鼓樓
	Taiwan	中指
	Ulanhot	中指
	Tongliao	中指
	Chifeng	中指, 三拇指
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	中指, 三拇指
	Harbin	中指
	Shenyang	中指
	Singapore	中指
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	中指
	Tangshan	中指
	Cangzhou	中指
	Baoding	中指
	Shijiazhuang	三拇指
	Jinan	中指
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	中指
	Qingdao	中指
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	三拇指頭, 中拇指頭
	Wanrong	中指
	Zhengzhou	中指
	Xi'an	中指
	Xining	中指, 三拇哥, 中拇指頭
	Xuzhou	中指
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	中指
	Bayanhot	中指
	Lanzhou	中指
	Ürümqi	中拇指頭, 中指
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	中指拇兒, 中指
	Chongqing	中指拇兒
	Wuhan	中指, 中指甲
	Guiyang	中指拇, 中指
	Kunming	中指
	Guilin	中指媽, 三指媽
	Liuzhou	中指
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	三指抹頭, 三指頭, 三馬指, 三中佬, 中拇指
	Yangzhou	中指, 三麻指, 中麻指
	Nantong	三拇指頭
	Hefei	中指
Cantonese	Guangzhou	中指
	Hong Kong	中指
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	中指
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	中指
	Macau	中指
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	中指
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	中間指
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	中間指
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	棟樑
	Foshan	中指
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	中指
	Foshan (Shunde)	中指
	Foshan (Sanshui)	中指
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	中指
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	中指
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	中指
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	中指
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	中指
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	中指
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	中指
	Taishan	中指
	Kaiping (Chikan)	中指
	Enping (Niujiang)	中指
	Heshan (Yayao)	中指
	Dongguan	棟指
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	中指
	Shaoguan	中指
	Yunfu	高先生
	Xinyi	中指
	Lianjiang	中指
	Nanning	中指, 三指
	Wuzhou	中指, 三指
	Yulin	中指
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	中指
	Singapore (Guangfu)	中指
Gan	Nanchang	中指
	Lichuan	中手節
	Pingxiang	第三隻手指腦
Hakka	Meixian	棟手指
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	中指
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	棟心指
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	棟指
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	中指
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	棟指
	Yudu	中手指
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	棟指
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	棟指, 中指, 三指公
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	棟指
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	中央指, 棟指
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	棟指
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	中央指
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	中指
	Sabah (Longchuan)	中指
	Singkawang	棟指
Huizhou	Jixi	中間指
	Shexian	中指
Jin	Taiyuan	三拇指頭
	Xinzhou	中指, 三拇指頭
	Taibus (Baochang)	中指
	Linhe	中指
	Jining	中指
	Hohhot	中指, 中拇哥兒
	Baotou	中指
	Dongsheng	中指
	Haibowan	中指
	Zhangjiakou	中指
	Handan	中指, 三拇指頭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	臺中指, 䐯鳥指
	Fuqing	第中指, 臺中指
	Matsu	當中指, 䐯手指, 䐯友指
Southern Min	Xiamen	中營, 中爪, 中指, 中椵 dated
	Quanzhou	中哥, 中指
	Jinjiang	中指
	Yongchun	中哥
	Dehua	中哥
	Zhangzhou	中指, 虎指
	Zhao'an	中指
	Taipei	中指
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	二指
	Kaohsiung	中指
	Yilan	中指, 中央指
	Changhua (Lukang)	中指
	Taichung	中指
	Tainan	中指
	Hsinchu	中指
	Kinmen	中指
	Penghu (Magong)	中指
	Singapore (Hokkien)	中指
	Manila (Hokkien)	中指
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	中指
	Jieyang	鎮中指
	Haifeng	中央指
	Haikou	當央手囝
	Qionghai	中公
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	中指
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	中指
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	中指
Wu	Shanghai	中指, 當中節頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	中節頭
	Suzhou	當中節頭, 惹人厭
	Danyang	中拇指頭
	Hangzhou	當中手指頭
	Ningbo	中指
	Wenzhou	中央指
	Jinhua	中央指
Xiang	Changsha	中指腦, 中指拇
	Hengyang	中指腦
	Quanzhou	中指

• (big toe):

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• 大腳腦／大脚脑 (Hengyang Xiang)
• 大腳趾／大脚趾 (dàjiǎozhǐ)
• 大趾 (dàzhǐ)
• 拇指 (mǔzhǐ)
• 拇趾 (mǔzhǐ)
• 腳公／脚公 (giak¹ guung⁴) (Taishanese)
• 腳趾公／脚趾公 (goek³ zi² gung¹) (Cantonese, Hakka)