chǐ

Whole syllable:chǐVideo guide
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  • 1

    measure wordChinese unit of measurement equal to a foot or about 1/3 of a metre

    • zhè lǐ yǒu liǎng chǐ bù

      这里

      There is two chi of cloth.

    • xuě xià le sān chǐ duō hòu

      Snow fell to a depth of over three chi.

    • bǎ bù yī liàng zhǎng chū le bàn chǐ

      When the cloth was measured, it was found to be half a chi longer than expected.

  • 2

    n.ruler; tool for measuring length

    • qǐng ná chǐ liáng yī xià

      一下

      PLease measure with a ruler.

    • zhé chǐ

      folding rule

    • wǒ bù xiǎo xīn yòng chǐ dǎ dào le tā de liǎn

      小心

      I accidentally smacked him in the face with a ruler.

  • 3

    n.an instrument in the shape of a ruler; ruler-like object

    • jiè chǐ

      whip

  • 4

    n.instrument for drawing graphs; tool used when drawing

    • fàng dà chǐ

      放大

      pantograph

  • 5

    n.abbrone of the three acupoints where the pulse is felt in traditional Chinese medicine; abbreviation for 尺中

Words and phrases with 尺

Word usage

  • "尺" is often matched with measure word "把".
    • one ruler

Chinese Characters with pinyin chǐ

  • 齿
    tooth; a tooth-like part of anything
  • feel humiliated; disgrace
  • open
  • wasteful; exaggerate
  • foot