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thumb meaning in Chinese

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thumb [thumbs] (digit)
noun
[UK: ˈθʌm]
[US: ˈθʌm]

大拇哥 /dàmǔgē/noun

大拇指 /dàmuzhǐ/noun

大指 /dàzhǐ/noun

拇指 /mǔzhǐ/noun

thumb [thumbed, thumbing, thumbs] (turn the pages of (a book) in order to read it cursorily)
verb
[UK: ˈθʌm]
[US: ˈθʌm]

翻閱verb

翻阅 /fānyuè/verb

thumb one's nose (to place a thumb upon the tip of the nose in a gesture of disrespect)
verb

嘲笑我的鼻子verb

thumb ring (a ring protecting the thumb)
noun

扳指 /bānzhi/noun

thumb war (children's game)
noun

拇指大战 /mǔzhǐ dàzhàn/noun

拇指大戰noun

Thumbelina (a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale)
proper noun

小不点 /Xiǎobùdiǎn/proper noun

小不點proper noun

拇指公主 /Mǔzhǐ gōngzhǔ/proper noun

拇指姑娘 /Mǔzhǐ gūniang/proper noun

花蕊姑娘 /Huāruǐ gūniang/proper noun

thumbnail [thumbnails] (chiefly computing: small picture)
noun
[UK: ˈθʌm.neɪl]
[US: ˈθʌm.ˌnel]

縮略圖noun

缩略图 /suōlüètú/noun

thumbstick (joystick)
noun

类比摇杆 /lèibǐyáogǎn/ 類比搖桿 /lèibǐyáogǎn/noun

thumbtack [thumbtacks] (nail-like tack)
noun
[UK: ˈθʌm.tæk]
[US: ˈθʌm.tæk]

图钉 /túdīng/noun

圖釘noun

thumbtack (to attach something with a thumbtack)
verb
[UK: ˈθʌm.tæk]
[US: ˈθʌm.tæk]

用图钉钉住 /yòng túdīng dìngzhù/verb

用圖釘釘住verb

all thumbs (clumsy (idiom))
adjective

笨手笨脚 /bènshǒu-bènjiǎo/adjective

笨手笨腳adjective

Northumberland (most northerly county of England)
proper noun
[UK: nɔː.ˈθʌm.bə.lənd]
[US: nɔːr.ˈθəm.bər.lənd]

諾森伯蘭郡proper noun

诺森伯兰郡 /Nuòsēnbólánjùn/proper noun

Northumbria (An Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the Northeast of England.)
proper noun
[UK: nɔːˈθʌmbrɪə]
[US: nɔːˈθʌmbrɪə]

諾林伯利亞proper noun

诺林伯利亚 /Nuòlínbólìyà/proper noun

rule of thumb (general guideline rather than a strict rule)
noun
[UK: ruːl əv ˈθʌm]
[US: ˈruːl əv ˈθʌm]

一般規則noun

一般规则 /yībān guīzé/noun

拇指規則noun

拇指规则 /mǔzhǐ guīzé/noun

概测法 /gàicèfǎ/noun

概測法noun

經驗法則noun

经验法则 /jīngyàn fǎzé/noun

under one's thumb preposition
[UK: ˈʌnd.ə(r) wʌnz ˈθʌm]
[US: ˈʌnd.r̩ wʌnz ˈθʌm]

怕老婆的 /pàlǎopó-de/preposition