| 拇指 | mǔ zhǐ | thumb / big toe |   |
| 大拇指 | dà mu zhǐ | thumb | |
| 巨擘 | jù bò | thumb / authority (knowledgeable person) | |
| 寸 |  cùn | a unit of length / inch / thumb | |
| 拇 | mǔ | thumb / big toe | |
| 擘 | bò | thumb / to break / to tear / to pierce / to split | |
| 大指 | dà zhǐ | thumb / big toe | |
| 大拇哥 | dà mǔ gē | thumb / big toe / USB flash drive | |
| 翻阅 | fān yuè | to thumb through / to flip through (a book) | |
| 虎口 | hǔ kǒu | tiger's den / dangerous place / the web between the thumb and forefinger of a hand | |
| 闪存盘 | shǎn cún pán | USB flash drive / thumb drive | |
| 怕老婆 | pà lǎo pó | henpecked / to be under one's wife's thumb | |
| 拦车 | lán chē | to thumb a lift / to hitchhike | |
| 兰花指 | lán huā zhǐ | hand gesture in traditional dances (joined thumb and middle finger, the rest extended) | |
| 韘 | shè | archer's thumb ring | |
| 概测法 | gài cè fǎ | rough-and-ready method / rule of thumb | |
| 随身碟 | suí shēn dié | (Tw) USB flash drive / thumb drive | |
| 拇指指纹扫描 | | thumb scanning | |
| U盘 | U - pán | USB flash drive / thumb drive | |
| 扳指 | bān zhǐ | ornamental thumb ring (originally a ring, often made from jade, worn by archers in ancient times to protect the right thumb when drawing a bowstring) | |
| 耙耳朵 | pā ěr duo | (dialect) henpecked / to be under one's wife's thumb | |
| 三手病 | sān shǒu bìng | repetitive strain injury (resulting from frequent use of one's thumb, wrist etc) | |
| 比心 | bǐ xīn | (Internet slang) to form a hand heart using one's thumb and forefinger (or by using both hands) | |
| 快闪记忆体盘 | kuài shǎn jì yì tǐ pán | (computing) flash drive / thumb drive | |
| 电子盘 | diàn zǐ pán | USB flash drive / thumb drive | |
