尺 chǐ

Chinese measure approx. 'foot'

HSK 5 #1474

DEFINITIONS

尺 chǐ
  • a Chinese foot
  • one-third of a meter
  • a ruler
  • a tape-measure
  • one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine
  • CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3]
尺 chě
  • one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3]

STROKES

尺 stroke order diagram
尺 stroke order animation

WORDS

尺子 chǐ zi
HSK 5
rule; ruler (measuring instrument); CL:把[ba3]
英尺 yīng chǐ foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m)
尺寸 chǐ cun size; dimension; measurement
尺码 chǐ mǎ size; fitting (of apparel)
得寸进尺 dé cùn jìn chǐ lit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom); fig. not satisfied with small gains; give him an inch, and he'll want a mile
近在咫尺 jìn zài zhǐ chǐ to be almost within reach; to be close at hand
公尺 gōng chǐ meter (unit of length)
尺度 chǐ dù scale; yardstick
尺骨 chǐ gǔ ulna (anatomy); bone of the forearm
咫尺 zhǐ chǐ very close; very near
卷尺 juǎn chǐ tape measure; tape rule; CL:把[ba3]
直尺 zhí chǐ straight ruler
标尺 biāo chǐ surveyor's rod; staff; staff gauge; rear sight
百尺竿头 bǎi chǐ gān tóu to be at the highest level of enlightenment (Buddhist expression)
计算尺 jì suàn chǐ slide rule
尺蠖 chǐ huò looper caterpillar, larva of moth in family Geometridae; inch worm
比例尺 bǐ lì chǐ scale; architect's scale; engineer's scale
丁字尺 dīng zì chǐ T-square; set square (carpenter's tool)
皮尺 pí chǐ tape measure
冰冻三尺，非一日之寒 bīng dòng sān chǐ ， fēi yī rì zhī hán three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
冰凍三尺，非一日之寒 bīng dòng sān chǐ ， fēi yī rì zhī hán three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
卡尺 kǎ chǐ calipers
合四乙尺工 hé sì yǐ chǐ gōng names of the five notes of the Chinese pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la
咫尺天涯 zhǐ chǐ tiān yá so close, yet worlds apart (idiom)
垂涎三尺 chuí xián sān chǐ to drool (over) (idiom); to yearn for; to covet; to crave
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