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尺

chǐ

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 character level 5 Character Measure word 支、把

尺 (chǐ) means "one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺谱; a Chinese foot; one-third of ". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 尺 means

1. a Chinese foot
2. one-third of a meter
3. a ruler
4. a tape-measure
5. one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine

Other readings

尺 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• chěone of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, {工尺谱|gōng chě

Example sentences

• 得寸进尺。
  Décùnjìnchǐ.
  Give him an inch and he'll take a yard.
• 我六英尺高。
  Wǒ liù yīngchǐ gāo.
  I am six feet tall.
• 用尺子画线。
  Draw a line with a ruler.
• 这不是我的尺码。
  It's not my size.
• 该建筑高一百公尺。
  Gāi jiànzhù gāo yī bǎi gōngchǐ.
  The building is one hundred meters high.
• 您知道您的尺寸吗？
  Do you know your size?

Words starting with 尺

• 尺子chǐ ziruler (measuring instrument)
• 尺寸chǐ cunsize; dimensions; measurements (esp. of clothes); (colloquial) propriety
• 尺度chǐ dùscale; yardstick
• 尺码chǐ mǎsize; fitting (of apparel)
• 尺素chǐ sù(literary) a one-foot-long piece of white silk, used for writing in ancient times…
• 尺规chǐ guīruler and compass (in geometric constructions)
• 尺规作图chǐ guī zuò túruler and compass construction (geometry)
• 尺骨chǐ gǔulna (anatomy); bone of the forearm
• 尺牍chǐ dú(literary) a one-foot-long strip of wood or bamboo, used for writing in ancient times…
• 尺蠖chǐ huòlooper caterpillar, larva of moth in family Geometridae; inch worm
• 尺蠖蛾chǐ huò émoth in family Geometridae
• 尺八chǐ bāshakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute)
• 尺有所短，寸有所长chǐ yǒu suǒ duǎn , cùn yǒu suǒ chánglit. for some things a foot may be too short, and for the other an inch will suffice…
• 尺短寸长chǐ duǎn cùn chángabbr. for 尺有所短，尺有所短，寸有所长

Words containing 尺

• 英尺yīng chǐfoot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m)
• 公尺gōng chǐ(Taiwan) meter (unit of length)
• 近在咫尺jìn zài zhǐ chǐ(idiom) very close; almost within reach; close at hand
• 咫尺zhǐ chǐ(literary) very close; very near
• 得寸进尺dé cùn jìn chǐlit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom); fig. not satisfied with small gains…
• 标尺biāo chǐsurveyor's rod; staff; staff gauge
• 垂涎三尺chuí xián sān chǐto drool (over) (idiom); to yearn for; to covet
• 卡尺kǎ chǐcalipers
• 卷尺juǎn chǐtape measure (usu. retractable)
• 塞尺sāi chǐfeeler gauge
• 市尺shì chǐchi (Chinese unit of length equal to ⅓ meter)
• 探尺tàn chǐdipstick; measuring rod
• 折尺zhé chǐfolding ruler
• 曲尺qū chǐset square (tool to measure right angles)
• 油尺yóu chǐdipstick; oil measuring rod
• 界尺jiè chǐungraduated ruler; straightedge
• 皮尺pí chǐtape measure
• 直尺zhí chǐstraight ruler
• 米尺mǐ chǐmeter stick; metric ruler one meter in length
• 表尺biǎo chǐrear sight (of a gun)
• 角尺jiǎo chǐset square (tool to measure right angles)
• 软尺ruǎn chǐsoft measuring tape (non-retractable type used for body measurements etc)
• 丁字尺dīng zì chǐT-square; set square (carpenter's tool)
• 比例尺bǐ lì chǐscale; architect's scale; engineer's scale

Sounds the same

Read chǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 齿(bound form) tooth; (bound form) to regard as worthy of mention
• 耻(bound form) shame; humiliation; disgrace
• 侈extravagant; wasteful; exaggerating
• 豉salted fermented beans
• 呎foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m); old form of modern 英尺
• 褫to strip; to deprive of; to discharge
• 扡drag along
• 欼drink
• 誃to separate
• 奓old variant of 侈

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read chǐ correctly.
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