無名指

See also: 无名指

Chinese

	to not have a name; anonymous; nameless to not have a name; anonymous; nameless; unknown; unnotable; unremarkable	finger; to point; to direct finger; to point; to direct; to indicate
trad. (無名指)	無名	指
simp. (无名指)	无名	指
Literally: “nameless finger”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wúmíngzhǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ ming⁴ zi²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mò-miàng-chṳ́ / mò-miàng-chí
Min Nan (POJ): bû-bêng-cháiⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wúmíngzhǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wumingjyy
  - IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ miŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ ming⁴ zi²
  - Yale: mòuh mìhng jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ ming⁴ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ ming⁴ ji²
  - IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ mɪŋ²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-miàng-chṳ́
  - Hakka Romanization System: moˇ miangˇ zii`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mo² miang² zi³
  - IPA: /mo¹¹ mi̯aŋ¹¹ t͡sɨ³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-miàng-chṳ́ / mò-miàng-chí
  - Hakka Romanization System: moˇ miangˇ zii` / moˇ miangˇ ji`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mo² miang² zi³ / mo² miang² ji³
  - IPA: /mo¹¹ mi̯aŋ¹¹ t͡sɨ³¹/, /mo¹¹ mi̯aŋ¹¹ t͡ɕi³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-bêng-cháiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: bû-bîng-tsáinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bu'bengzvae
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sãɪ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sãɪ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² biɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sãɪ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bu²⁴⁻¹¹ biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sãɪ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu²³⁻³³ biɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sãɪ⁴¹/

Noun

無名指

ring finger

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 無名指 (“ring finger”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		無名指
Mandarin	Beijing	無名指
	Taiwan	無名指
	Harbin	無名指
	Hailar	無名指
	Ulanhot	無名指
	Tongliao	無名指
	Chifeng	無名指
	Bayanhot	無名指
	Jinan	無名指
	Muping	無名兒指
	Luoyang	無名指, 四拇指頭
	Wanrong	四面手圪頭, 四面面
	Xi'an	四門指頭
	Qingdao	無名指
	Xining	四指, 四拇指頭, 四拇哥兒
	Xuzhou	無名指
	Yinchuan	無名指
	Lanzhou	四指
	Ürümqi	四拇指頭
	Wuhan	四指甲
	Chengdu	四指拇兒, 無名指
	Guiyang	四指拇
	Guilin	四指媽
	Liuzhou	四指, 無名指
	Yangzhou	四麻指
	Nanjing	四指抹頭, 四指頭, 四馬指, 荷花葉
Cantonese	Guangzhou	無名指, 四指
	Hong Kong	無名指
	Foshan	無名指, 四指
	Shunde	無名指
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	四指
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	四指
	Taishan	無名指, 尾二
	Kaiping (Chikan)	無名指
	Dongguan	無名指
	Shaoguan	無名指
	Yunfu	無名指
	Xinyi	無名指
	Lianjiang	無名指
	Nanning	無名指, 四指
	Wuzhou	無名指, 四指
	Yulin	無名指
	Hepu	典人指
Gan	Lichuan	四手節
Gan	Pingxiang	第四隻手指腦
Hakka	Meixian	四手指
	Luchuan	無名指
	Yudu	無名指, 細手指
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	無名指, 矮㑁指, 蘸藥指
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	無名指, 矮㑁指, 蘸藥指
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	無名指
	Dongshi (Dabu)	無名指
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	無名指, 矮㑁指, 蘸藥指
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	尾二指
	Sabah	無名指
	Singkawang	無名指
Huizhou	Jixi	無名指
Jin	Taiyuan	四拇指頭
	Xinzhou	四拇指頭
	Baochang	無名指
	Jining	無名指
	Hohhot	四拇哥兒
	Baotou	無名指
	Dongsheng	無名指
	Haibowan	無名指
Min Dong	Fuzhou	無名指
	Fuqing	尾二指, 無名指
	Matsu	無名指
Min Nan	Xiamen	䆀指, 尾二指
	Quanzhou	尾二指, 佬仔指
	Zhangzhou	佬仔指
	Kaohsiung	尾二指
	Sanxia	愛媠
	Yilan	尾仔二指, 尾仔第二指
	Kinmen	佬仔
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	四指仔
	Pingnan	無名指
	Chaozhou	狐狸指
	Haifeng	煞尾第二指
	Haikou	第四手囝
Pinghua	Nanning	無名指
Pinghua	Guilin	無名指
Wu	Shanghai	無名指, 黃狼節頭
	Suzhou	無名節頭, 要好看
	Hangzhou	無名指
	Wenzhou	無名指
	Chongming	四節頭
	Danyang	四拇指頭
	Jinhua	無名指
	Ningbo	無名指
Xiang	Changsha	四指腦, 四指拇
Xiang	Quanzhou	無名指

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
無	名	指
む Grade: 4	めい Grade: 1	し Grade: 3
on’yomi

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 無名指 (mɨo miᴇŋ t͡ɕˠiɪX, literally “no, without + name + finger”). Compare modern Cantonese reading mou⁴ ming⁴ zi², Hakka mò-miàng-chí.

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) むめーし [mùméꜜèshì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
- IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝme̞ːɕi]

Noun

無名指 (hiragana むめいし, rōmaji mumeishi)

Synonym of 薬指: ring finger

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
無	名	指
Grade: 4	Grade: 1	ゆび Grade: 3
Irregular

Calque of Middle Chinese 無名指 (“unnamed finger”), swapping the readings of the first two kanji to match Japanese word order.

This reading is more commonly spelled 名無し指.

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) ななしゆび [nànáshíꜜyùbì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
- IPA^(key): [na̠na̠ɕijɯ̟ᵝbʲi]

Alternative forms

名無し指 (more common)

Noun

無名指 (hiragana ななしゆび, rōmaji nanashiyubi)

Synonym of 薬指 (kusuriyubi): ring finger

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN