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  1. fingernail

Characters

  • 指 (指): finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end
  • 甲 (甲): first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; (used for an unspecified person or thing); first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc); letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; armor plating; shell or carapace; (of the fingers or toes) nail; bladed leather or metal armor (old); ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old); civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old); ancient Chinese compass point: 75°

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Examples

我一面咬著指甲一面擔心著你。

我的指甲断了。

不要再咬指甲了。

她有咬指甲的习惯。

我剛剪了指甲。

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