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Chinese dictionary
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measure wordChinese unit of measurement equal to a foot or about 1/3 of a metre
这里有两尺布。
There is two chi of cloth.
雪下了三尺多厚。
Snow fell to a depth of over three chi.
把布一量，涨出了半尺。
When the cloth was measured, it was found to be half a chi longer than expected.
- 2
n.ruler; tool for measuring length
请拿尺量一下。
PLease measure with a ruler.
折尺
folding rule
我不小心用尺打到了他的脸。
I accidentally smacked him in the face with a ruler.
- 3
n.an instrument in the shape of a ruler; ruler-like object
戒尺
whip
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n.instrument for drawing graphs; tool used when drawing
放大尺
pantograph
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n.abbrone of the three acupoints where the pulse is felt in traditional Chinese medicine; abbreviation for 尺中
Words and phrases with 尺
- 尺土[word]a foot of land
- 尺标[word]footage number
- 尺子[word]rule
- 尺座[word]rod support
- 尺简[word]bamboo slips of one-chi long; correspondence
- 尺牍[word]a model of epistolary art; letter
- 尺头[word]cloth and silk
- 尺神经[word]ulnar nerve
- 尺蠖蛾[word]geometrid moth
- 尺布斗粟[idiom]brothers not getting along well
- 尺蠖之屈[idiom]a temporary setback
- 尺幅千里[idiom]a thousand-mile view on a one-foot scroll-rich content within a small compass
- 尺短寸长[idiom]everybody has his strengths and weaknesses
- 尺寸之功[idiom]little contribution
Word usage
- common measure word"尺" is often matched with measure word "把".
一把尺
one ruler