chinese sign language

Numbers10

• 1

  Index finger straight up.

• 2

  Index and middle fingers up.

• 3

  Middle, ring and pinky fingers up; thumb and index finger closed together.

  Not the three fingers you expect — the index finger comes down, not up.

• 4

  Four fingers up and spread, thumb folded across the palm.

• 5

  Open hand, all five fingers spread.

• 6

  Thumb and pinky stretched out, the middle three fingers closed.

  The "call me" hand. Six, not a phone.

• 7

  Pinch your thumb, index and middle fingertips together into a point.

• 8

  Thumb and index finger out at a right angle, everything else closed.

  The same shape as the letter L in ASL.

• 9

  Hook your index finger over, like a crooked finger. Everything else closed.

• 10

  A closed fist, thumb wrapped over the front of the fingers.