指纹 (指紋)
zhǐ wén
Pinyin

Definition

指纹 (指紋)
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zhǐ wén
  1. fingerprint
  2. the arches, loops and whorls on the fingers

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

手指
shǒu zhǐ
  1. 1 finger
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 classifier: 只 zhī
指
zhǐ
  1. 1 finger
  2. 2 to point at or to
  3. 3 to indicate or refer to
  4. 4 to depend on
  5. 5 to count on
  6. 6 (of hair) to stand on end
指数
zhǐ shù
  1. 1 (numerical, statistical) index
  2. 2 (math.) exponent
  3. 3 index
  4. 4 exponential (function, growth)
指甲
zhǐ jia
  1. 1 fingernail
中指
zhōng zhǐ
  1. 1 middle finger

Idioms (20)

一弹指顷
yī tán zhǐ qǐng
  1. 1 a snap of the fingers (idiom); in a flash
  2. 2 in the twinkling of an eye
了如指掌
liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng
  1. 1 to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom)
  2. 2 to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
令人发指
lìng rén fà zhǐ
  1. 1 to make one's hair stand up in anger (idiom); to raise people's hackles
伸手不见五指
shēn shǒu bù jiàn wǔ zhǐ
  1. 1 pitch-dark (idiom)
十指不沾阳春水
shí zhǐ bù zhān yáng chūn shuǐ
  1. 1 to have no need to fend for oneself (idiom)
  2. 2 to lead a pampered life

Sample Sentences

小尤说：“我去鉴证组问过了，桌子上的确采集到了指纹，但比对之后发现，那指纹却不属于这里的任何一个人。”
Xiao Yóu shuō ：“wǒ qù jiànzhèngzǔ wèn guò le ，zhuōzi shàng díquè cǎijí dào le zhǐwén ，dàn bǐduì zhīhòu fāxiàn ，nà zhǐwén què bù shǔyú zhèlǐ de rènhé yī gè rén 。”
Xiao You said, “I asked the forensics team and they said they had collected some fingerprints, but…after checking for matches, they discovered the fingerprints didn’t match any of the people here.”
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桌子上的指纹查过没有？”李探长问。
zhuōzi shàng de zhǐwén chá guò méiyǒu ？”Lǐ tànzhǎng wèn 。
“Did you check the tabletop for fingerprints?” Detective Li asked.
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李警官，你后来一定问了陈瑶，为什么刀上会有她的指纹。她是怎么回答的？
Lǐ jǐngguān ，nǐ hòulái yīdìng wènle Chén Yáo ，wèishénme dāo shàng huì yǒu tā de zhīwén 。tā shì zěnme huídá de ？
Officer Li, you must have asked Chen Yao why her prints were on the knife. What was her reply?
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是，一把水果刀。经检验，发现有陈瑶的指纹。
shì ，yī bǎ shuǐguǒdāo 。jīng jiǎnyàn ，fāxiàn yǒu Chén Yáo de zhǐwén 。
Yes. It was a fruit knife. Testing revealed Chen Yao's fingerprints.
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