尺
chǐ
HSK level: HSK 6
Meaning
a Chinese foot; one-third of a meter; a ruler; a tape-measure; one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine
Measure word: 支 把
Other reading: chě
one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3]
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Characters
Examples
冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。
bīng dòng sān chǐ， fēi yī rì zhī hán。
Rome wasn't built in a day.
Words with this character
尺寸 chǐ cun size尺度 chǐ dù scale尺子 chǐ zi ruler尺码 chǐ mǎ size英尺 yīng chǐ foot得寸进尺 dé cùn jìn chǐ lit. win an inch, want a foot标尺 biāo chǐ surveyor's rod表尺 biǎo chǐ rear sight尺八 chǐ bā shakuhachi尺牍 chǐ dú a one-foot-long strip of wood or bamboo, used for writing in ancient times尺骨 chǐ gǔ ulna尺规 chǐ guī ruler and compass尺蠖 chǐ huò looper caterpillar, larva of moth in family Geometridae尺素 chǐ sù a one-foot-long piece of white silk, used for writing in ancient times公尺 gōng chǐ meter角尺 jiǎo chǐ set square界尺 jiè chǐ straightedge矩尺 jǔ chǐ carpenter's square卷尺 juǎn chǐ tape measure卡尺 kǎ chǐ calipers米尺 mǐ chǐ meter stick皮尺 pí chǐ tape measure曲尺 qū chǐ carpenter's square