Initial:cVideo guide
Final(T3):ùnVideo guide
Radical:
Structure:Single-component character
Strokes:
3
Traditional:
寸
Level:
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Chinese dictionary
- 1
measure wordcun (a unit of length, equal to 1/3 decimetre)
两寸布
two cun of cloth
英寸
inche
尺寸
size
- 2
adj.very little; very short; small
寸功
small contribution
寸进
a little progress
寸土必争
fight for every inch of land
- 3
adj.dialcoincidental; as luck would have it
他来得可真寸。
He came at just the right time!
Words and phrases with 寸
- 寸衷[word]same as 寸心
- 寸长尺短[word]While the tall maid is stooping, the little one hath swept the house.
- 寸口[word]a person's pulse on the wrist
- 寸晷[word]same as 寸阴
- 寸地[word]an inch of land
- 寸草[word]blade of grass
- 寸断[word]be torn to short pieces
- 寸铁[word]small weapon
- 寸头[word]crew cut
- 寸步不离[idiom]be always at somebody's elbow
- 寸草不留[idiom]be devastated
- 寸草不生[idiom]barren
- 寸有所长[idiom]Everyone has his strong points.
- 寸步难移[idiom]hard to walk even an inch
- 寸步不让[idiom]dispute every inch of ground
- 寸土不让[idiom]never give up a tiny piece of land
- 寸土必争[idiom]dispute every inch of one's land
- 寸步难行[idiom]be difficult for somebody to move a single step
Chinese Characters with pinyin cùn
- 吋inch