系 pronounced as xi4 has a number of meanings. As a noun, it means “department,” and is usually used at colleges. For example “物理系" (“physics department”). As a verb, xi4 describes an action which can mean either “tie”, “fasten” or the action of “lowering or raising something”. As an example of the latter meaning, if you wanted to say “draw the water from the well” (by lowering a bucket), the correct verb to use would be 系 and you would say“从井里把水系上来”。And if you wanted to tell someone to “tie the rope to the tree” you would also use 系 saying, “把绳子系在树上”。 In written Chinese, 系 can also be used as a verb to have the exact same meaning as “是”。For instance, if you wanted to write “Confucius was a native of Qufu in Shandong” you could write “孔子系山东曲阜人。” Yet another meaning of 系 that is used in written Chinese is to “bear on”. For example, the expression “have a direct bearing on one’s life” would be translated as “性命所系” in written Chinese. 系 can also be spoken as ji4, and when spoken as ji4, it is a verb with only has one meaning: to “tie” or “fasten”. For example, if you wanted to say “button up your sleeves” you could tell someone “把袖子的扣子系上”, pronouncing 系 as ji4. As for the names of the five fingers, there is the thumb “大拇指”, the index finger “食指”, the middle finger “中指”, the ring finger “无名指”, and the pinky “小拇指”.

大拇指thumb, 食指 index finger，中指 middle finger，无名指 ring finger ，小拇指little finger，

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