Tom抬起一隻指頭。

Tom held up a finger.

Tom held up one finger.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 T T (slang) butch (lesbian stereotype)
2
o
Not in lexicon.
3
m
Not in lexicon.
4 抬起 táiqǐ to lift up
5 一 yī
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
6 隻 zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
7 指頭 zhǐtou
  1. finger
  2. toe

classifier: 個