指著別人是不禮貌的。

It is rude to point at others.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 指 zhǐ
  1. finger
  2. to point at or to
  3. to indicate or refer to
  4. to depend on
  5. to count on
  6. (of hair) to stand on end
=2 著 zhāo
  1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. zhuó)
  2. trick; tactic
  3. (dialect) okay; all right
  4. (dialect) to put in; to add
=2 著 zháo
  1. to touch
  2. to come in contact with
  3. to feel
  4. to be affected by
  5. to catch fire
  6. to burn
  7. (coll.) to fall asleep
  8. (after a verb) hitting the mark
  9. succeeding in
=2 著 zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
=2 著 zhuó
  1. to wear (clothes)
  2. to contact
  3. to use
  4. to apply
=2 著 zhù
  1. to make known
  2. to show
  3. to prove
  4. to write
  5. book
  6. outstanding
=3 別人 biéren other people; others; other person
=3 別人 biérén others; other people
=4 是 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=4 是 shì variant of 是 shì
5 不 bù
  1. no; not so
  2. (bound form) not; un-
6 禮貌 lǐmào
  1. courtesy; politeness; manners
  2. courteous; polite
=7 的 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs
=7 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=7 的 dí really and truly
=7 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target