指紋

指纹
zhǐwén
  1. fingerprint
  2. the arches, loops and whorls on the fingers

CEDICT

  1. fingerprint (Classifier: 枚)
  2. loops and whorls on a finger

Wiktionary

人手指尖內側表面的凸紋。自出生即已定形，成長時雖紋痕變粗，紋距加大，然其形態特徵，至死不變；且其紋路人各不同，與物相觸又會留下痕跡，故可作為犯罪鑑識的重要依據。

重編國語辭典

  1. 人類或靈長目動物指尖上的自然脊狀紋路
  2. 這些紋路在物體上印下的印痕

維基詞典

Examples

指紋都是獨特的。

Fingerprints are unique.

Source: Tatoeba

警察找到指纹了吗？

Did the police find any fingerprints?

Source: Tatoeba

你的指紋怎麼會在這個玻璃杯上?

How come your fingerprints are on this glass?

Source: Tatoeba

汤姆小心翼翼地把刀子上的指纹擦掉。

Tom carefully wiped his fingerprints off the knife.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry 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 紋 wén
  1. line
  2. trace
  3. mark
  4. pattern
  5. grain (of wood etc)

Related entries

指印 zhǐyìn
  1. fingerprint
  2. finger mark
  3. thumbprint
指摹 zhǐmó
  1. fingerprint
  2. thumbprint
  3. also written 指模 zhǐmó
指模 zhǐmó
  1. fingerprint
  2. thumbprint
  3. also written 指摹 zhǐmó
腡 luó fingerprint