Dictionary
chinese sign language dictionary
All signs10
Index finger straight up.
Index and middle fingers up.
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.
Four fingers up and spread, thumb folded across the palm.
Open hand, all five fingers spread.
Thumb and pinky stretched out, the middle three fingers closed.
The "call me" hand. Six, not a phone.
Pinch your thumb, index and middle fingertips together into a point.
Thumb and index finger out at a right angle, everything else closed.
The same shape as the letter L in ASL.
Hook your index finger over, like a crooked finger. Everything else closed.
A closed fist, thumb wrapped over the front of the fingers.
what this is not
A complete CSL dictionary would run to thousands of signs, regional variants, and grammar that still images cannot hold. This page lists only the 10 signs in CSL that signLingo actually ships — the same list translate and practice draw from. Signs we left out of the course because they collide or do not grade reliably are not here either. For the rest, learn from Deaf teachers.
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