chǐ
尺 (chǐ) is a Chinese word meaning “a Chinese foot; one-third of a meter; a ruler”.
Meanings
- 1a Chinese foot
- 2one-third of a meter
- 3a ruler
- 4a tape-measure
- 5one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine
- 6CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3]
- Part of speech
- noun, measure word
Related words
英尺foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m)尺one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3]尺寸size; dimensions; measurements (esp. of clothes)尺码size得寸进尺lit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom); fig. not satisfied with small gains近在咫尺(idiom) very close; almost within reach; close at hand公尺(Tw) meter (unit of length)尺度scale尺骨ulna (anatomy)咫尺(literary) very close; very near卷尺tape measure (usu. retractable)尺子ruler (measuring instrument)