指
Pinyin: zhǐ
to point
Example sentence
他指着地图说。
Tā zhǐ zhe dìtú shuō.
He spoke while pointing at the map.
What 指 means
指 (zhǐ) is a Chinese word meaning “to point”. It belongs to the Daily Actions topic and appears at HSK 4, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Chinese.